If the train is equipped with modern high powered headlights then as I recall the yellow front can be dispensed with.
And there are plenty of diesels on preserved lines without yellow ends.
If the train is equipped with modern high powered headlights then as I recall the yellow front can be dispensed with.
And there are plenty of diesels on preserved lines without yellow ends.
True but are any of those registered to run on NR metals?
I think that's the point.
Or is it that kettles are so slow that PW staff see them coming and jump out of the way?
To be fair shouldn't LE Greys's avatar loco have a yellow end to be standing at York station? Or is it that kettles are so slow that PW staff see them coming and jump out of the way?
:The prototype Deltic
A class 310 emu, brought back from the dead.
Isn't one of the engines sitting beside it with a big hole cut out of the crankcase so that people can see the insides?
And I'd love to see it in operation one day as well.
The garratt William Francis at bressingham.
No, that is a power unit recovered from a scrapped production deltic. The prototype has both its original power units in place, which are true 'marine' versions, identical to the pair that Martin Walker has as spares for 16 & 22 which were recovered from an ex Norwegian navy gunboat.
It wouldn't be impossible to get DELTIC running again, although main line would be unlikely not least as it is vacuum brake only, and being so different from a production locos and hence without 'grandfather rights' would be an expensive and red tape ridden nightmare to register.
" being so different from a production locos and hence without 'grandfather rights' "
That would be irrelevant to mainline running. If that argument was correct you couldn't allow "Tornado" to run because it is one of a kind.
I didn't say it couldn't be done did i? I said getting it registered to use on the main line would be expensive and far from simple. It would have to go through the same processes that Tornado did with a VAB, which costs lots of money. It's academic anyway, as its unlikely the NRM would permit all the alterations necessary to bring. Its safety systems up to date.
That could apply to virtually any loco in the NRM, many of which have not moved under their own power for a great number of years.
Personally I think the idea that you can't restore a historic loco to running order because you have to rebolier/rewire it is bogus - after all , it's the external appearance that counts, not the internal workings. The new "Baby Deltic" won't ACUALLY be a Baby Deltic but it will have the external appearance of one and a genuine engine.
You seem to be missing the point: it would be relatively simply to restore DELTIC to working order, the skills and missing parts are available. However, its still going to be hideously expensive to do. The new order at the NRM are a bit more accommodating to groups restoring their assets, which is ably demonstrated with recent goings on with 55002.
However, assuming funding could be found to restore DELTIC, and even more could be found to add GSMR, OTMR, TPWS, NRN etc, oh and not forgetting air brakes (yes, there is dual brakes stock, but why do you think main line steam is being air braked?) Then you need to persuade an organisation averse to making major alterations to its assets. The best that one can hope for is a restoration to working order. Main line running is just NOT going to happen. Ever.
So you say. And my point is that the same argument could apply to any of the locomotives in the NRM's stewardship. You cannot possibly know whether DELTIC will ever be restored to main line running order or not. Sticking a load of initials after it impresses nobody , least of all me.
Yeah, ok...whatever. I could easily argue the point - the initials being jargon for safety, data recorders, future signalling systems etc, all that would be required for main line running. I just can't be bothered though, as you obviously know more than I do.