3015 - Photo:  Lewis Bevan.

Bell-bottoms were the fashion and probably most attention was to the Western Region at the time, however, 55005 (D9005) “THE PRINCE OF WALES’S OWN REGIMENT OF YORKSHIRE” is already sampling what will become as it sits at Doncaster on the 26th April 1975 with a King’s Cross to Leeds service. The young enthusiasts have already managed to con the driver out of something! Interestingly on this day 55005 would work forward from Leeds on the 1E21 10:25 Penzance - Bradford, "The Cornishman" after the failure of classmate 55020 (D9020) “NIMBUS”, which was definitely not a usual Deltic turn.

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