I can still picture the mocked up tombstone for the Deltics on the cover of Rail. “Died of acute HST fever.”
People were resentful to call them locos. At a time the Westerns and Deltics, and even the 50s were almost deified. They were multiple units. Ubiquitous. Boring. And characterless.....
People were resentful to call them locos. At a time the Westerns and Deltics, and even the 50s were almost deified. They were multiple units. Ubiquitous. Boring. And characterless.....