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55007 heads a line up of 14 Deltics during the early half of 1982. Behind 55007 are 55004, 55022, 55016, 55005, 55017, 55013, 55011 and 55008 - the following five machines would be 55009, 55010, 55015, 55019 and 55021, in which order it is unknown though 55015 stands out as the only Deltic with white cab surrounds. Only three of the fourteen are racehorses of which two survived.
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From left to right the five locomotives above are; 55005, 55016, 55022, 55004 and 55007.
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Eight Deltics awaiting scrapping at the rear of Doncaster Works on the 31st July 1982. From left to right the locomotives are;
| 55008 (D9008) 55011 (D9011) 55013 (D9013) 55017 (D9017) 55005 (D9005) 55016 (D9016) 55022 (D9000) 55004 (D9004) |
"THE GREEN HOWARDS" "ROYAL NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIER" "THE BLACK WATCH" "THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY" "THE PRINCE OF WALES OWN REGIMENT OF YORKSHIRE" "GORDON HIGHLANDER" "ROYAL SCOTS GREY" "QUEENS OWN HIGHLANDER" |
Cut 08/82 Cut 12/82 Cut 12/82 Cut 01/83 Cut 02/83 Preserved 10/83 Preserved 09/83 Cut 07/83 |
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Left to right: 55005/55016/55022 and 55004.
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Left to right: 55008/55011/55013/55017 and 55005.
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Left to right: 55013/55017/55005/55016/55022 and 55004.
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Right to left: 55022/55016/55005/55017/55013/55011 and 55008.
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Right to left: 55022/55016/55005/55017/55013/55011 and 55008.
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Right to left: 55022/55016/55005/55017/55013/55011 and 55008.
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55016 (D9016) "GORDON HIGHLANDER" was still present at Doncaster Works on the 22nd July 1984, though now in slightly happier circumstances. No.16 had been secured by the Deltic 9000 Fund as a source of spares for D9000 but was to become a fully working locomotive again only a few years later.
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D9000 "ROYAL SCOTS GREY" had departed Doncaster Works in 1983 for the Nene Valley Railway and a life in preservation. Twelve months later the locomotive makes a welcome return to 'The Plant', for the works open day on the 22nd July 1984, now fully restored to working order.
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Another view of 55016, prior to preservation, at Doncaster Works on 28th July 1984.
