0598 - Photo: © Craig Oliphant.

37005 arrives at Grosmont at 07:30 on the morning of 21t August 1982 with 55009 (D9009) "ALYCIDON" and 55019 (D9019) "ROYAL HIGHLAND FUSILIER" in tow...


0597 - Photo: © Craig Oliphant.

...Awaiting a new career 55009 sits at Grosmont station (NYMR) on the 21st August 1982...


0596 - Photo: © Craig Oliphant.

...Imagine what it would of looked like with both power units working!! 55009 blasts out of Grosmont tunnel with the 14:55 Grosmont - Pickering service, the locomotives first working in presrvation...


0594 - Photo: © Craig Oliphant.

...The two ECML giants rub shoulders with former Western region star D821 "GREYHOUND" at Grosmont engine shed on 21st August 1982.

21/08/82 - 14:55 Grosmont - Pickering. Deltic Deadline No.29: cover.
21/08/82 - 14:55 Grosmont - Pickering. Deltic Deadline No.137: cover.
21/08/82 - 14:55 Grosmont - Pickering. Last Days of the Deltics: Page 42.

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