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Big diesel locos that seem to think they`re steam locos !

Bat21

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ill raise you:
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and
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Theres something special about the sound of a deltic when under power pulling a full load.
 
last year when i came into aberdeen to work one morning on the train, they had just started up one of them in EWS liverly and it had filled the station with smoke! sound great those beasts
 
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Bat21 said:
Anybody would think we were ex train spotters :whistle:

Who said owt about ex :o

Now there's a thing to admit to :whistle:

My living room;
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Ecky Thump said:
Bat21 said:
Anybody would think we were ex train spotters :whistle:

Who said owt about ex :o

Now there's a thing to admit to :whistle:

My living room;
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That can't be the real plate can it?


Bat, Is the EECo SVT series a favourite or is is it any any chunk of engineering you appreciate? (if I'm being a pedant, surely the Napier Deltic has only 9 cylinders but 18 pistons... I'll get my overalls...)
 

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Dave Burgess said:
Bat, Is the EECo SVT series a favourite or is is it any any chunk of engineering you appreciate?
Any chunk of loud and/or smelly engineering does it for me :thumbup:

A nice pair of
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Also does it too :whistle:

Dave Burgess said:
(if I'm being a pedant, surely the Napier Deltic has only 9 cylinders but 18 pistons... I'll get my overalls...)
You are of course correct :D
 

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