The 19th June 1979 was a milestone in the career of the Deltic locomotives.
With the class displaced from the majority of Anglo-Scottish express
services by HST's and the ECML still in turmoil with the collapse of the
Penmanshiel Tunnel the class were continually finding themselves on more
mundane moves and semi-fast stopping services. On this day 55015 (D9015)
"TULYAR" was employed on the first production Deltic run to Liverpool,
via the 1M73 11:28 Newcastle - Liverpool service and is seen at York
prior to departure...
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Photo: Gerry Capelin. |
...55015 (D9015) "TULYAR" makes the
Stalybridge stop with
the 1M73 11:28 Newcastle - Liverpool service on the 19th June 1979. The class were no strangers to Stalybridge as the
York-Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury-York postal trains had seen them employed as
far as Stockport on many occasions...
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1679 -
Photo: Gerry Capelin. |
...Venturing further west was virtually un-heard of, however, and making the
Manchester Victoria stop 55015 is in unfamiliar territory with the 1M73
11:28 Newcastle - Liverpool service on 19th June 1979...
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Photo: Gerry Capelin. |
...55015 (D9015) "TULYAR" becomes the first production Deltic to
visit Liverpool Lime Street on the 19th June 1979. The 1M73 11:28 Newcastle
- Liverpool on this day was the first in a long line of visits by the
class, which included every member (apart from 55001 and 55020) culminating
with the last of the class to break new ground, 55007 (D9007) "PINZA",
on the 16th August 1981...
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Photo: Gerry Capelin. |
...Liverpool Lime Street at 16:00 on the 19th June 1979. 55015 makes history
as the first of the production machines to visit with the 1M73 11:28 from
Newcastle, it would return east with the 1E16 17:05 Liverpool - Newcastle
service...
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3593 - Photo:
John Marsh. |
...Making its return journey across the Penines 55015
(D9015) "TULYAR" is seen at Huddersfield with the
1E16 17:05
Liverpool - Newcastle service on the 19th June 1979.
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19/06/79 - 1M73
11:28 Newcastle - Liverpool (first production Deltic to visit
Liverpool).
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Days of the Deltics: Page
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