For the true effect, you need to be working on the steam heat boiler, between the engines, when they open up to full power. You actually feel your internal organs try to find a safe place to hide.. I will never forget it.
@xandercraw
2 жыл бұрын
And now I want to experience that 🥺
@arthurrytis6010
2 жыл бұрын
@@xandercraw you would soon dislike it.
@arthurrytis6010
2 жыл бұрын
Ray Griffiths. Always made me laugh, maintenance staff had proper ear defenders we had rolled up cotton wool
@arthurrytis6010
2 жыл бұрын
They were a beast !
@arthurrytis6010
2 жыл бұрын
Ray Griffiths. I was oh so glad when they fitted ETH. My mate said when coming into KX. Time to turn the Telly off for some reason
@jackthompson1382
6 жыл бұрын
These engines truly are engineering marvels.
@wn8687
5 жыл бұрын
I remember the Deltics in Edinburgh in the 1970s......they would regularly run light engine through Haymarket station to and from the depot and Waverley station. Makes me feel really old!
@williamgreen1432
9 жыл бұрын
Wow. Sounded like a bucket of marbles in a paint shaker at first, but really it sounded very smooth and powerful soon after. It fired instantly, and the little blip of the throttle said a lot. Very cool.
@johnbishop5316
6 жыл бұрын
I think the expression you sought was a skeleton wan king off in an oil drum
@rogertycholiz2218
5 жыл бұрын
I think your description of that sound was right on! Napier Deltic was really smooth when hot and throttled up.
@arthurrytis6010
2 жыл бұрын
@@johnbishop5316 dem bones dem bones
@skylined5534
2 жыл бұрын
@John Bishop That there skellington's got some rapid wrist action.
@threadtapwhisperer5136
Жыл бұрын
Sure did. What kind of start process is: 1: marbles and spare nuts into the intake 2:send that ish hard 3: purr like a kitten The sound of reliability. Heavy is good, is reliable, if it does not work, you can hit them with it.. Hahah
@sde426
11 жыл бұрын
The exhaust piston leads the inlet piston by 20 degrees, and the only way to get it all to work is by the bottom crankshaft rotating in the opposite direction to the two top crankshafts. A work of geometric genius.
@faraway2686
5 жыл бұрын
I used to be a signalling instructor at Doncaster railway school which was just over the wall on platform 1. My overhead projector would vibrate when a Deltic had pulled up just opposite us and all my students would go to the window and look out in awe at these magnificent engines.. halcyon days 👏👏👏👏👍
@DJ_CROFTY
3 жыл бұрын
I live in Doncaster I remember seeing a deltic pull into Donny station felt it in my chest magnificent feat of British engineering
@scopex2749
4 жыл бұрын
WHAT AN AWESOME SOUND Those Napiers are!
@josephinebennington7247
6 жыл бұрын
Nice mug of Builders always at hand. I love traditions.
@odenviking
3 жыл бұрын
I realy love the sound of the deltic and i love the body work and the liveries . It is so nice to see a such lovley loco in preservation. 😊👍😊😊👍👍👍👍
@jimnopadee
11 жыл бұрын
The only way to achieve the correct piston timing was for the bottom crankshaft to rotate anti clockwise. There isn't enough room, or I would have shown you a timing diagram. Anyway the phasing gearbox easily absorbs any difficulty. The engine is still running happily on H M ships in the Royal Navy.
@MrAvant123
3 жыл бұрын
Amazing how easily these deltics start, meanwhile the class 37's and 50's painfully splutter and smoke into life !
@alanosborne5809
11 жыл бұрын
What a great sound, I remember watching these as a kid (late 60's) at Finsbury Park (London). You could hear one coming from a mile away. I can't believe they chopped up about 15 of these for scrap metal. Does anyone know whether any of the remaining locos are used for "Driver Experiences" I drove a 37 class at Llangollen Railways last Sept it was brilliant, while on hoilday from Australia, and I would come back again for a crack in a Deltic.
@Theoriginalbigbrillo
2 жыл бұрын
No , go away soft Arse......................
@TDIMAXDIESEL
7 жыл бұрын
Best beautiful Deltic I have seen !
@Willykurtz
4 жыл бұрын
British mechanic never works without cup of tea.
@HaroldAlexis-bb8sd
18 күн бұрын
Nice looking locomotive. 👍
@BritishRailwaysEmily
11 жыл бұрын
Beautiful start up! Liked the gush of clag that billowed out! :)
@paulkidger
11 жыл бұрын
Jalu The name Deltic comes from the Greek letter Delta. Deltic, is the name of the engines but has also become to mean the Class 55 locos. The arrangement of the cylinders is in this form, namely a triangle, such that there are crankshafts at each corner (3 in total) and 2 opposed pistons in each cylinder. So the basic unit is 3 cylinders with 6 pistons, but practically, the engines were produced in 9 cylinder and 18 cylinder versions.
@tommoss2005
3 жыл бұрын
Love the sound of the Deltic. Like no other.
@HighFell
7 ай бұрын
Watching these at full chat from site of Thirsk Junction on ECML was sensory overload! Awesome stuff 😊
@ColinH1973
7 ай бұрын
What a wonderful burble. Everyone loves a Deltic!
@stonent
6 жыл бұрын
1:07 Job done! Time for a cuppa.
@TheRetroShed
5 жыл бұрын
What a gorgeous machine!
@siliquaesid703
8 жыл бұрын
BEST loco EVER built IMHO.
@Grid56
4 жыл бұрын
Only at high speed where the howl is quite fantastic, they really don't like low speed though. The growling 37s have proved more flexible (and hence long lived).
@gregrudd6983
4 жыл бұрын
I think you will find that the best loco built was the EMD SD40-2 followed by the EMD GP7-9 and EMD F3-9
@droge192
4 жыл бұрын
@@gregrudd6983 - Lol, sure!
@Shaker626
5 жыл бұрын
Must be one greasy cup of tea that guy's having.
@Meddled
3 жыл бұрын
Even his tastebuds are deaf.
@raineradler5652
6 жыл бұрын
Mega die Lokomotive, Ihr Briten habt es auch drauf. Großes Kompliment., Glg from Bavaria
@paulpugh5315
3 жыл бұрын
can't understand your message,but hopefully your a fan....Import some of these engine's and make people happy.
@raineradler5652
3 жыл бұрын
@@paulpugh5315 Dear Paul, I am a mechanical engineer and a big fan of diesel engines. The Deltic Motor is an ingenious construction. Which I admire very much and find very good. My praise goes to the inventiveness of the British. Greetings from Rainer from Bavaria 
@dougson56
3 жыл бұрын
As a second man in the 70’s driving these to re-fuel at Kings Cross was our first experience at the controls we were only supposed to use one engine but we always used two, we would crack open the throttle to full and be pushed back in our seats and cover the inside of KX canopy with black fumes . The only downside was rattling along at a ton and the steam heating boiler starting to play-up as it was between both Engines.
@arthurrytis6010
2 жыл бұрын
dougson. So you cracked it full open going into Gasworks ? What about the 15 mph and the 8 mph limit on 1 route. I was always at the North end with only the North end engine running. My driver would always drive on to the train.
@dougson56
2 жыл бұрын
@@arthurrytis6010 we shut off once we got halfway up the platform.
@arthurrytis6010
2 жыл бұрын
@@dougson56 I hope Greggy wasn't watching
@dougson56
2 жыл бұрын
@@arthurrytis6010 Do you know I’ve been trying to remember his name ! Do you remember a Gay driver from Finsbury Park I seem to remember he Said that he lived in those tall flats behind the shed , his name I recall was Peter , some of the other drivers used to wind me up and tell me that he would try to have it off with me 😂😂😂
@arthurrytis6010
2 жыл бұрын
@@dougson56 Peter Green.who was your regular mate ? Angry silence ? I can’t remember his name either
@hell_pike9150
4 ай бұрын
Why am i listening to this at 11:00 p.m. on a Sunday 😁
@Zontaar
8 жыл бұрын
Still Luvin that awesome Napier Deltic Music!!!! :)
@terrier_productions
4 жыл бұрын
And the horn! Amazing..
@andrewgordon1017
8 жыл бұрын
What a beast!
@gnosticbrian3980
7 жыл бұрын
I miss the way those engine's shook your insides, beasts.
@g.h.t.6881
5 жыл бұрын
Make you feel like you've been fracked.
@sebofo
6 жыл бұрын
Magnificent sound. Not like anything else.
@shanecallaghan6841
5 жыл бұрын
What a train for starting straight away beautiful
@CRISIS550166
8 жыл бұрын
Ekins!!!! A pound for you.... Five for me! The man who like the money.
@homefront3162
2 жыл бұрын
So glad they saved some of these engines
@shoominati23
7 жыл бұрын
I love that sound! POWER! it's saying open up my taps and LET ME RUN!!
@tpvalley
12 жыл бұрын
I went to NYMR the other day and was surprised to see a deltic running; the only loco that u can feel in ur guts when it is idling!
@cycleSCUBA
3 жыл бұрын
Great video. To think the Motor Torpedo Boats had Deltics is mindboggling. Not much longer than these locos!
@ph11p3540
3 жыл бұрын
The more I learn about these weird engines the more I am impressed by them. Normally, I am not impressed with British machinery but Merlin airplane engines and now the Deltic impress me.
@whitemonkey7932
3 жыл бұрын
How about jet engines?
@ph11p3540
3 жыл бұрын
@@whitemonkey7932 Sorry. I forgot about the RR Trent engines.
@whitemonkey7932
3 жыл бұрын
@@ph11p3540 hovercraft?
@MontyCantsin5
Жыл бұрын
‘’Normally, I am not impressed with British machinery’’ What?
@likklej8
Жыл бұрын
Love that BR Deltic livery
@adamwright9517
3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic model-making.
@imissbritishleyland
11 жыл бұрын
She looks straight out of the box!
@Bigsbeee
3 жыл бұрын
Gizza go !
@nielshansen8223
6 жыл бұрын
Great sound.
@philbartlett7898
2 жыл бұрын
How can something that looks so beautiful in two tone green sound like an utter bag of spanners when it is idling and shutting down. Graceful they look and boy, do they motor, but give me a conventional 4 cycle diesel anyday. Never saw DP2 but I reckon that was probably the ultimate
@Martindyna
2 жыл бұрын
Another commentator said `The clattering that can be heard (before start up) are the straight cut gears on the radiator fan drives.
@arthurrytis6010
2 жыл бұрын
Phil Bartlett. Dp2 was a testbed for the class 50. Same engine 2,700 hp English Electric. The Deltic was 3,300 hp
@Fcutdlady
11 ай бұрын
not bad . the person in the cab didn't have to keep the start button held down for a good while. engine to turned over properly right away
@NiallMS1
9 жыл бұрын
Love it!
@MrD2066_
13 жыл бұрын
ive been in this beast at barrow hill 8-) on my birthday in december :O
@370DatsunZed
2 жыл бұрын
That noise is biblical!!!
@joeambaye8681
Жыл бұрын
Incredible sound! I love seeing the man drinking tea as he is removing the chokes😁
@chrisp4170
3 жыл бұрын
High speed engines and the fastest locos are so much more fun. The Ferraris of BR’s fleet of diesels!
@mmartinez6342
3 жыл бұрын
Amazing sound!! 👏👏👏
@EverardJunction
11 жыл бұрын
Yes, in normal service with BR they used both engines.
@DieselDudeRailway
6 жыл бұрын
Great Video.
@johnbrown9092
5 жыл бұрын
Magic!
@fukhue8226
3 жыл бұрын
Noisy but I'm sure they got the job done nicely. Obviously a good design because it's still running today.
@rogercantwell3622
2 жыл бұрын
Three times more expensive to run than a more conventional diesel, though. They were more or less a one-use loco for the ECML and the HSTs killed them off, being faster.
@jamesknowles6472
2 жыл бұрын
START YOU ..... SING MY BEAUTY, SING TO DADDY!!
@leegenix
9 жыл бұрын
Smooth start compared to inline or V-16 diesels.
@deeremeyer1749
4 жыл бұрын
And then it runs and sounds like a rock crusher full of wrecking balls.
@bengepp9314
3 жыл бұрын
1st word that came to mind ,,,,, Colossal......💪👊👌
@lonelywolf1966
12 жыл бұрын
best locos ever!!! loved em all but 55007 pinza was the best!!! :-)
@chad24ist
12 жыл бұрын
well said not to forget that the private train operators get more money now than BR ever got.
@alanhutchins5916
2 жыл бұрын
Now it's BR blue.
@redroostermcmlxxl
2 жыл бұрын
I love big engines.
@EverardJunction
11 жыл бұрын
I've seem them being driven by the public on some occations, but don't know of any currenly ready to drive. Preservation railways do it as and when deltics are on loan to them.
@kpkndusa
4 жыл бұрын
Nice, but I like the low RPM rumble of a GE loco.
@mekydro
12 жыл бұрын
Thats true; the infamous blue 'Old Oak Haze' was nothing compared to the smog that emanated from the KX stabling point!
@robertwalker9366
2 жыл бұрын
Vibrate floor like ....😀 love the hum
@paulkidger
11 жыл бұрын
I think you are referring to the fact that two crankshafts rotated in one direction and the third in the opposite direction. I'm not sure the reason but I think that this was crucial in the operation of the Deltic and I think it was all to do with achieving an effective scavenge. The opposed pistons operated slightly out of phase with each other, in that way the fresh charge scavenged out the previous charge then gave some supercharging, before compression started.
@DaveInBridport
11 жыл бұрын
Superb video, awesome beast.
@zaitunyusof762
2 жыл бұрын
Guys you know what is br class 37 blue?
@jeanbonnefoy1377
3 жыл бұрын
But first thing first: a nice hot cuppa tea!
@stevegreen443
8 жыл бұрын
POWER
@justinpeterson6839
2 жыл бұрын
1:10 Tea time any time
@jimmyviaductophilelawley5587
4 жыл бұрын
oh yes! deltics forever!
@CosgroveNotts
10 жыл бұрын
Nice to see one that starts
@stdavross666
7 жыл бұрын
smooth
@jonasthemovie
3 жыл бұрын
72 pistons. That’s many pistons.
@EverardJunction
14 жыл бұрын
@SamueleusPlaythrough Thanks, i now have sony vegas which is complicated but so much better than movie maker, i think we need to make another silly film at some point.
@22fret
9 жыл бұрын
Wow, she looks like being new...
@pierheadjump
3 жыл бұрын
That BLOWS!!! No blowdown 🤨 No prelude 🤬 Shot from standing outside … WTF?
@ceeview
12 жыл бұрын
You can't be serious at KX it was midday before you could see though Gas Works tunnel after the morning diesels left.
@TheYTCable
12 жыл бұрын
what is the difference in fuel comsumption comparatively with the normal diesels?
@railandmodel
14 жыл бұрын
Awesome :-)
@EverardJunction
14 жыл бұрын
@ay76 thanks
@randalllindemann3545
2 жыл бұрын
So, all it takes to start one of these is a hammer and a cup of coffee?
@5695q
5 жыл бұрын
Like some cars I've owned, beat it with a hammer to get the starter to work.
@khadijagwen
8 жыл бұрын
At first I heard a little rattly noise and then second I heard a much more robust noise. Was the first the starting motor?
@MichelLinschoten
8 жыл бұрын
+Khadijah Brown If this is a deltic, it's engine is insane..32 pistons in a triangle shape.
@khadijagwen
8 жыл бұрын
Michel Linschoten Yes, they do sound quite busy don't they? I was in a rail museum in Portland, Oregon yesterday that has a loco that looks very much like the Deltic but is not double ended and has a single V-12 ALCO. Manufactured in the early 1960's. Deltics are similar to a Fairbanks-Morse engine but only two cranks on a straight engine. They were deemed to be too complicated by the old line mechanics. We have a small submarine here that has a Fairbank-Morse of the same opposing piston design. They are fun to listen to.
@MrZorbatron
8 жыл бұрын
+Michel Linschoten 36 pistons, 18 cylinders.
@davidgriffiths7215
8 жыл бұрын
Originally designed to power motor torpedo boats. (Look up "Napier Deltic" in Wikipedia if you don't believe me)
@johnmorley9676
8 жыл бұрын
That's per engine, and the class 55 had two of them!
@johnny5805
Жыл бұрын
She only has one power unit working still ?
@DaveInBridport
11 жыл бұрын
I (wrongly) assumed it was from diesel-electric. Never too old to learn!
@Martindyna
2 жыл бұрын
It is Diesel Electric with 2 off Diesel engines used in sequence (not parallel). Six electric traction motors. Search BR Class 55 & Napier Deltic.
@officertenpenny3421
4 жыл бұрын
2000 liter?
@24nov67
11 жыл бұрын
why do these locomotives always have the engine compartment windows open? i'm guessing it's to do with the amount of heat generated by the two engines so therefore it must get extremely hot in there especialy when the engines are being run at full load.
@lauriedavies172
3 жыл бұрын
yer man is a star. .....'yes, just do this here......oh, she's started, .....goodo.....i'm off (mug of tea appears from nowhere).
@geraldmouse
6 жыл бұрын
a beautiful designed motor layout forgotten but today's children
@rogertycholiz2218
6 жыл бұрын
These Napier Deltic locomotives were very modern in appearance except for the blunt big nose.
@Martindyna
2 жыл бұрын
Looked American / Canadian to me.
@paulkidger
11 жыл бұрын
Not strictly true. Not so much a primary and secondary...more of 2 of the same engine/generators each rated at about 1650 hp.
@london19657
4 жыл бұрын
Needs to be louder! :)
@Baribrotzer
4 жыл бұрын
Where are the headlights on a Deltic locomotive? I don't see any. Were they designed to not ever run at night? That seems unlikely.
@patagualianmostly7437
4 жыл бұрын
Headlights are a complete waste of time. Yes, they advertise your approach, so anyone on the tracks has time to get off. But the driver can see NOTHING outside of the beam. The night vision is totally destroyed. If he sees an obstacle within the beam...he is far too close to take any useful action. I read a similar comment the other day regarding the Titanic...1912..something to the effect that a headlight would have shown the iceberg earlier..... Dear-oh-dear.
@jamesedwards7241
11 жыл бұрын
Ok guys, out of interest to see if those at the back were awake, anyone tell us what was odd about the crankshafts on these engines and why??
@DaleSteel
2 жыл бұрын
I know. Let's put a boat engine in a train. Great idea.
@hedydd2
3 жыл бұрын
How are these engines started? Do they use an explosive charge like some other two stroke diesels such as the Field Marshal tractor? It certainly seems to start more abruptly than when a conventional started motor or donkey engine is used. I heard three bangs and the Deltic has three crankshafts unless I'm mistaken. Could these three bangs be an explosive cartridge being activated for a cylinder in each crank or am I barking up the wrong tree?
@arthurrytis6010
3 жыл бұрын
The main generators were used to turn the engines from the battery's
@Martindyna
2 жыл бұрын
@@arthurrytis6010 The same as the way the Class 205 /207 Thumpers are started. Can you help me regarding that unrefined clattering sound before start up 0:50 ?? Presumably that's the engine itself making the noise may be due to larger clearances when cold and not properly lubricated ? Perhaps the engines are a little worn.
@arthurrytis6010
2 жыл бұрын
@@Martindyna as far as I know most diesel engines are started by taking power from the battery's to turn the engine over via the main Gen. The only engine I know to make a lot of Clattering when turning over was the Deltic
@Martindyna
2 жыл бұрын
@@arthurrytis6010 Thanks. Another commentator said `The clattering that can be heard (before start up) are the straight cut gears on the radiator fan drives'.
@arthurrytis6010
2 жыл бұрын
Huw Williams. Sorry to keep bashing on but I don't know of any British loco that was started by cartridge. It would not be practible.
@chad24ist
12 жыл бұрын
look what we can build and weep for the past. We now import loco's from around the worls and build nothing in grteat Britain.
@DepakoteMeister
4 жыл бұрын
Lazy workers and greedy unions had their toll. Still having their toll on our NHS.
@patagualianmostly7437
4 жыл бұрын
@@DepakoteMeister The so-called "class system" has destroyed Britain. After two world wars...those with a hidden agenda drove wedges between all levels of society and perpetuated the "Us & Them" mentality, which fuelled the greedy unions....and the "What about the workers" mantra. Which was, obviously, meaningless in itself.
@droge192
4 жыл бұрын
@@patagualianmostly7437 - ^ ^ ^ Daily Mail reader.
@Martindyna
2 жыл бұрын
Not quite true that we have nothing to be proud of in Industry, we still have Rolls-Royce (the engineering company not the car company) and JCB to name two large UK firms still going. Annoying that JCB use Japanese Diesel engines in their diggers etc. though. Made a nice change that RR bought the German company MTU some years back now (whose engines were used in the IC125 when the entire fleet were re-engineered around 2006).
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