 Last additions - Ribble Steam Railway - Autumn Steam Gala + Deltic to Strand Rd. - 2015 |
143 views14/09/2015 - An attempt to get the Diesel Prototype back to its place of manufacture 60 years earlier at the English Electric Works which was at Strand Road.
Earlier in the day -"Courageous" and "Princess" where used for the first time to move the Lindley Oil tankers down the line to the processing works and are now being used to top & tail the Deltic back down to Strand Road.
Here "Courageous" pulls Deltic onto the swing bridge tailed by "Princess"Sep 14, 2015
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152 viewsNewly restored ex Corby Steelworks Hawthorn Leslie 3931/1938 "Linda"Sep 13, 2015
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130 viewsNewly restored ex Corby Steelworks Hawthorn Leslie 3931/1938 "Linda" heads back along the Riversway back towards Riversway station on the 13.40 service.Sep 13, 2015
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128 views"Princess" heads across the swing bridge towards Strand Rd with the 13.40 service.Sep 13, 2015
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122 views"Courageous" being pulled backwards across the swing bridge by to Preston Riversway StationSep 13, 2015
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136 viewsBagnalls "Princess" heads back from Stand Road towards the swing bridge.Sep 13, 2015
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144 viewsDeltic Prototype standing in the museum.Sep 13, 2015
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157 viewsDeltic Prototype standing in the museum.Sep 13, 2015
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134 viewsAnother view of the drivers controlsSep 13, 2015
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150 viewsThe driving seat and his controls.Sep 13, 2015
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161 viewsAt the back of the driving position and between the engine compartment, there are some panels - Removing one of the panel covers shows the state of the electrics - bakealite switches. Not very safe after 60 years. These would all have to be replaced with modern switch gear and all upgraded before it would be allowed to run again.
It would not be the same machine if done. Just a shell of the original machine would remain.Sep 13, 2015
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145 viewsA tight fit and not much room to walk along inside the engine departmentSep 13, 2015
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153 viewsA tight fit and not much room to walk along inside the engine departmentSep 13, 2015
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184 viewsA little bit of one of the two Deltic Napier 18 cylinder engines.Sep 13, 2015
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160 viewsSmall doorman and also steps down into the engine and generating sections.Sep 13, 2015
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147 viewsThe prototype required a second man - this was his seat and controls looking after the train heating plus other duties. Lower right there is a small hot plate, so no doubt his job was to brew up as well. They couldn`t drink too much - no toilets in this prototype and no stopping on long distances!Sep 13, 2015
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