Class 55 Deltic diagrams

[TravisM]

I was wondering once steam had vanished from the ECML and TOPS was starting to appear, is it fair to say the Class 55’s were basically confined to the London Kings Cross, Leeds, York, Newcastle and Edinburgh portions of the ECML.  I did read somewhere that they appeared at Aberdeen on one working per day and something similar into Glasgow Queen Street though leaving the station and going up Cowlairs tunnel must have been a nightmare.

 

Did they also work into Lincoln, Bradford, Hull or Scarborough on regular basis?  I’m not interested in their wandering in later life over the Trans Pennine route etc.

[pH]

It wasn't unknown for a Deltic to be used to take the Harrogate portion of a Kings Cross train (3 or 4 coaches, from memory) out of Leeds. I lived in Harrogate for a short time in 1976, and had Deltic haulage a couple of times, when returning from London. 

[keefer]

Can't remember if Chronicles of Napier has actual diagrams but there may be enough info for you.

'Timetables' has WTT info, by year, of trains scheduled for (or likely to produce) Deltics.

If you click on 'Locomotive moves', pick the year, then the loco, you can view a list of known workings/works visits etc.

Clicking on 'Locomotives' gives you a potted history for each loco

http://www.napier-chronicles.co.uk/menu.htm

[DaveF]

 

I lived in Harrogate from 1965 to 1968, within sight of the line from the south.

 

Deltics were not uncommon on the Harrogate portions of London trains.

 

There are about 4 photos in my album "Railways around Harrogate" (link below) on my flickr site (as well as in my thread here if you look for them).  Both Dad and I saw more than we photographed, but film was expensive then.

 

 

David

 

Edited February 1, 2020 by DaveF

[Aire Head]

I've certainly seen a few images of Deltics working into Bradford Exchange, quite often with short portions of around 3/4 coaches.

[Ray M]

Heres 1 with my old feller as the driver.

[DOCJACOB]

Seen a number of images of Deltics on Hull Executive service at Paragon Station and Davesrailpics has a selection in the Grimsby, Cleethorpes area too. 

[mcowgill]

I used to see them regularly in Bradford Exchange, particularly on the early morning Bradford Executive which avoided Leeds using Wortley West & South Junctions.   Most of the other London services to Bradford reversed in Leeds and tended to get another Holbeck loco dropped onto the eastern end rather than the incoming loco run round, so they were more likely to be a 47 or 31/4.

 

Martin

[keefer]

@jools1959 you didn't specify what year(s) you were interested in but while looking for something else, I found the following articles in the 1969 Railway Observer:

September 1969 issue:

 

October 1969:

[keefer]

November 1969 R.O. :