0833 - Photo: John Smith.

On bank holiday Monday 4th May 1981 55002 (D9002) "THE KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY" hauled the "Deltic Fenman" railtour from King's Cross to Wansford (Nene Valley Railway) and return. The outward leg was via Stratford, Cambridge and March and is seen above passing Cowbit between Spalding and Peterborough...

...55002 (D9002) "THE KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY" at the head of the "Deltic Fenman" railtour on the BR to Nene Valley Railway link at Woodston, Peterborough on 4th May 1981....

0832 - Photo: John Smith.

...The celebrity green machine comes off the stock at Wansford...

0831 - Photo: John Smith.

...And is attached to a rake of more unconventional coaches for the trip via the Nene Valley to Orton Mere - BR standard 70000 "BRITANNIA" stands along side. The tour was so successful that 55009 (D9009) "ALYCIDON" repeated the process with the "Deltic Fenman II" on the following bank holiday 25th May. Both tours returned home from Peterborough to King's Cross via the East Coast Main Line.

04/05/81 - 1Z75 Finsbury Park - Wansford (NVR) "The Deltic Fenman" (via Stratford, Cambridge & March). Tribute to the Deltics: Page 40. 04/05/81 - 15:35 Wansford - Orton Mere. Deltic Deadline No.64: Page 7. 04/05/81 - 15:35 Wansford - Orton Mere. Railway Reflections: Page 3 & 30. 04/05/81 - 15:35 Wansford - Orton Mere. Tribute to the Deltics: Page 40. 04/05/81 - 1Z75 Wansford - King's Cross (via ECML). Deltic Deadline No.95: cover.

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