0447 - Photo: Paul Bettany.

2647 - Photo: Paul Bettany.

Allocation History

11.12.61
Ran light from Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows, to Doncaster Works - accepted into BR service and allocated 64B, Haymarket TMD.

10.03.62
4S04 King's Cross Goods - Edinburgh, "The Scotch Goods".
10.10.62
1Zxx King's Cross - Doncaster, with dynamometer car (2 hours 20 min schedule - D1500 worked likewise 11/10).
1Zxx Doncaster - King's Cross (2 hours 14 min schedule).

05.01.63
1A16 10:00 King's Cross - Edinburgh, "The Flying Scotsman" to Peterborough - assisted by V2 60880 "GREEN ARROW" from Fletton to Peterborough - D395 forward.

11.09.65
Named "ROYAL HIGHLAND FUSILIER" with ceremony at Glasgow Central (final Deltic named).
29.10.65
Released from Doncaster Works after fitting of cast bogies (bogies No.1 1045 replaced by 9000-35 & No.2 1046 replaced by 9000-36).

21.03.66
1st EE maintenance contract expires - mileage recorded at 769,833.

15.03.67
Released from Doncaster Works following Light repair - official records state the locomotive had full yellow ends applied, however, no evidence of this exists.
10.11.67
Released from Doncaster Works, after General repair, in blue livery and equipped with dual braking.
03.12.67
Transferred to 34G Finsbury Park (ex 64B Haymarket) - to cover air braked diagrams until completion of dual braking to the fleet.

16.06.68
Officially transferred to 64B Haymarket (ex 34G Finsbury Park) - after completion of dual braking to the fleet (transfer moves actually occurred early May 1968 to coincide with the new timetable).

15.04.69
3xxx Perth - Inverness, "The Highland Mail" (piloting D5338). This was a positioning move to enable D9019 to work an Inverness - Aldershot troop train as the regiment after which the loco was named was in the army football final at Aldershot. It is likely the loco came off at Edinburgh.

11.04.70-28.08.70
Carrying 'D' prefix on 11/04 but reported dropped by 28/08 (though most likely date for this would be after Intermediate repair dated 27/04-19/05).

24.04.71
Released from Doncaster Works, after Light repair, with ETH equipment fitted.

22.11.73
Locomotive renumbered 55019.
December 1973
During December 1973 55019 achieved 2,000,000 miles.

27.01.76
To Doncaster Works for Heavy General Repair (off 22.09.76). This included the plating over of route indicators, sand-box fillers and cab quarter light windows.
55016 was the first of the class to be shopped for HGR, however, only four other members would follow as the cost for renewal of inner and outer body-skins and rewiring outweighed the projected future use of the class (in full order: 55016 05.07.75 - 55019 27.02.76 - 55002 16.03.76 - 55021 22.04.76 and 55013 25.05.76). Only 55016 received a 'full' HGR whilst the other four locomotives had work curtailed from the repair in varying degrees. With the scrapping of HGR's the class reverted to Intermediate and Light repairs, although, as another cost-cutting exercise, 55015 was allowed to run without classified repair from October 1975 until February 1979 to ascertain how long the locomotives could run without such work being carried out. The result was that classified repairs were given at two-yearly intervals only from 1979.
09.12.76
2G23 07:51 Falkirk Grahamstown - Edinburgh (vice DMU - load 6).

08.01.77
1A05 07:02 Cleethorpes - King’s Cross.
17.10.77
During the week commencing 17th October 1977 unofficial industrial action led to the removal of Deltics from all ECML workings. Action was taken by maintenance staff angry at the proposed closure of Finsbury Park Depot with the introduction of the new HST fleet, which was to be maintained at the new Bounds Green Depot. Maintenance staff 'blacked' the Deltic fleet thus all engines remained 'laid-up' at various installations until the dispute was settled on October 21st. A list of how the dispute affected the class is as follows:

 

Locomotive:	Notes:
55001	Haymarket TMD 13/10 - 23/10. Worked 1E35 20:20 Edin - KX 23/10.
55002	Finsbury Park TMD 14/10 - 23/10. Worked 1N29 19:00 KX - N'lce 23/10.
55003	Haymarket TMD 14/10 - 23/10. Worked 1E25 12:15 Aber - KX from Edin 23/10.
55004	Finsbury Park TMD 13/10 - 23/10. Worked 1S21 11:00 KX - Edin 24/10.
55005	Doncaster Works 'Intermediate' 31/03 - 21/10. Worked 1E48 21:15 Aber - KX from Doncaster 26/10.
55006	Finsbury Park TMD 11/10 - 24/10. Worked 1L22 15:55 KX - Leeds 24/10.
55007	York TMD 10/10 - 25/10. Worked 1A06 08:05 YK - KX 25/10.
55008	Gateshead TMD 13/10 - 24/10. Worked 1A40 20:30 N'cle - KX 24/10.
55009	York TMD 17/10 - 23/10. Worked 0D01 12:00 YK - Doncaster 23/10.
55010	Haymarket TMD 13/10 - 24/10. Worked 1E20 15:00 Edin - KX 24/10.
55011	Gateshead TMD 14/10 - 24/10. Worked 1A07 07:25 N'cle - KX 24/10.
55012	York TMD 14/10 - 24/10. Worked 1A06 08:05 YK - KX 24/10.
55013	Haymarket TMD 15/10 - 23/10. Worked 1E39 22:30 Edin - KX 23/10.
55014	Gateshead TMD 14/10 - 25/10. Worked 1A15 09:20 N'cle - KX 25/10.
55015	Finsbury Park TMD 08/10 - 25/10. Worked 1N00 01:00 KX - N'cle 26/10.
55016	Haymarket TMD 15/10 - 19/10. Sent to Doncaster Works 19/10 for 'Light repair' behind 40063.
55017	Doncaster Works 'Intermediate' 03/10 - 19.01.78.
55018	Doncaster Works 'Intermediate' 30/06 - 10/12.
55019	Finsbury Park TMD 14/10 - 23/10. Worked 1D00 08:25 KX - Cleethorpes 24/10.
55020	Holbeck TMD 10/10 - 23/10. Worked 1A47 00:43 Leeds - KX 24/10.
55021	Gateshead TMD 14-10 - 24-10. Worked 1S28 07:00 N'cle - Edin 24/10.
55022	Finsbury Park TMD 14/10 - 23/10. Worked 1S43 18:00 KX - Edin 23/10.

Finsbury Park - 6; Gateshead - 4; Haymarket - 5; Doncaster Works - 3; York - 3; Holbeck - 1; Locomotives moving in this period - 1 (55016, Haymarket to works).
24.10.77
1D00 08:25 King's Cross - Cleethorpes and 1A25 12:50 Cleethorpes - King's Cross.
18.12.77
On 18th December, as 55019 was entering platform No.1 at King's Cross it touched something, believed to be a padlock, hanging from the overhead wires and electrocuted itself! No one was hurt but burn marks were visible on the locomotive and contact breakers were tripped for some distance. (RCTS "Railway Observer" February 1978).

16-17.09.78
Shields Road TMD - open day exhibit.

21.02.79
2M59 13:57 Peterborough - Leicester (assisting failed DMU - due to fuelling dispute at various depots) and 2E59 15:23 Leicester - Peterborough.
13.05.79
Locomotive transferred to York (ex Haymarket).
04.09.79
1M41 21:50 York - Aberystwyth, to Stockport and 1E24 22:50 Shrewsbury - York, from Stockport.
13.09.79
1E07 10:15 Edinburgh - King's Cross, "The Flying Scotsman" from Newcastle (vice HST).
02.11.79
1M53 07:47 York - Liverpool and 1E98 12:05 Liverpool - York.
10.11.79
1A23 08:50 Edinburgh - Aberdeen and 1G65 12:40 Aberdeen - Edinburgh.

10.04.80
To Doncaster Works for final Intermediate repair (off 27/05).
06.09.80
1F56 07:10 King's Cross - Edinburgh, "Cock O' The North" TBLS railtour.
05.10.80
Barrow Hill TMD - open day exhibit.

04.10.80
Barrow Hill TMD - open day exhibit.
10.11.81
6C30 13:55 Tyneside CFD - Dagenham, assisting from Ponton to Peterborough.
31.12.81
55019 was the last Deltic off the Haymarket to work a service train (55022 still present for farewell railtour) - it worked 1E26 16:30 Aberdeen - York, from Edinburgh and carried headboards "Deltic City Tribute & 20 Years Service" - which had been rushed north after 55017's failure to reach York on 1L44 due to a broken rail at Grantham. 55019 was therefore the final Deltic hauled service to arrive York, which it did at  23:06. Following arrival the locomotive was withdrawn.