Still sends shivers up my spine. A day never forgotten.

I was on that train - couldn't work out why there were so many people by the line all the way up to York - I was 18 at the time.

Seeing this on the 40th anniversary of the event. I just missed out on all this being only 5 at the time and grew up with the 125s, but love everything about Deltics! Great stuff.

My uncle Ade was on that train on that day he was up close to 55015 he was about 22 years old at the time turning 23 in 1982

Saddest day ever , or so I thought at the time as a 12 year old. Glad “The drone lives on” though!

The finest locomotive BR ever owned,nothing will ever come close to matching the quality and superiority of those 22 fine machines. 2/1/1982 FAREWELL TO THY GREATNESS

They were only on the railways of the UK for 21 years...

I was at York that day! I'd travelled from Leeds with a couple of mates, to witness what would be a sombre day. I must've only just started spotting at that time, as I recall a 56 appearing, and I was amazed that other people could tell what it was by just looking! I was stood at the Dringhouses end of the station, and I still remember there was a bit of fog, and as the tour appeared out if the murk, the headboard on the bottom brackets made it look as though the loco was not happy! Great vid

Had intended to go see train near Donny ,but it was foggy & freezing couldn"t start car ! so missed it☹️

Just played this with headphones on, pure music to my ears!...

This brings back Happy memories :) I remember standing on chequers Bridge in Stevenage and watching the return train thunder through ,I remember all the people hanging out of the windows of the carriages :)

Thank you so much for sharing this footage. I have a still photo taken of Alycidon which almost matches one of the images on this video. It's just incredible to be able to go back and see that moment again, I never imagined it would be possible to do that. Fantastic work.

The noises are great.

Great stuff, thanks for sharing. What an interesting day at York that must have been.

Sir many thanks for uploading this, many thanks for capturing this on camera. We saw this at Donny on that historic day!! It was completely packed out. Liked & faved.

How can anyone not like these superb machines? I worked at BHM New Street 1989-2001 and was usually booked to work the platform from where 55022 and the 1O99 to Ramsgate departed at 06.58 on Summer Saturdays in the mid 90s. I also saw her work other specials through New St. Brilliant memories. If anyone has a copy of Oakwood video 'Perpetual Motion' I can be seen about 35 mins in, walking past the loco and rubbing the nameplate (my one claim to stardom) lol!

Great clip thanks for sharing I would have been there to say goodbye except I was only 9 in 1983!

rear of coach B, offside droplight, white BELL STAR helmet, simply THE BEST thrash in 60 years of rail touring, DONCASTER on the outward awesome, YORK on the return without equal, Cheers, BOILERSUIT.

What an amazing sound they made

All of us have seen the ITN footage and then out of the blue this gem appears. I'd heard about Alycidon leading Tulyar, but to actually see it! Utter magic in motion of a very very special day. The cheers from the train say it all - British Engineering at its very best.

well for something thats long dead its amazing how much support royal scots grey gets on railtours, coaches filled, hundreds out n about at stations etc etc , epic footage, best engine ever made for looks and sound and will NEVER be beaten, they can stick all this supposed progress trains from canada etc rite up there arses, personally i wish we still had all 22 deltics , and rsg railtours last year were outstanding, roll on the first of this year on march the 4th ( i think ) thanks class vid

Great piece of history man - nice vid...

exellent vid, i remember being at nwcastle in the late 70s early 80s, and used to watch these commin through all day, took it for granted guess i thought the deltics would never end, how wrong i was, saddest day ever when these were scrapped, the ones on this vid are all preserved, and i was at newcastle again on sept 11th 2010 when royal scots grey pulled in , the memories came bounding back, magnificent loco we will never see the likes of a class like this again, , boring railways now

@3:00, I love the sound of a stationery Deltic in a covered station!

Great to see! It was an awful day; really dark and horrible, although quite fitting I guess for the occasion. I didn't get to see any of this because I was on the train, so thanks for posting it! :-)

I drove the deltics for 6 years

Great clip thanks

Excellent Vid mate!!!

Well to all the deltic haters think about this. All these young people in the film are now in their 40s now add some of the young people who love proper British locos and bang you have a sizeable audience. Thats why most deltic tours are selling out on 22. As to this footage its a class moment in history, one which i missed when i was younger, and thanks to auroel I now see.

Best .Toy .EVER

I was there. My feet were freezing but it was worth it.

@Intercity47GBRail Fair doos I suppose in 2011. I didnt feel that way at I boo'd the HST that pulled up in platform 4 alongside us at Journeys end in 1982... How times change! If I get some HST mileage now it is a treat!

What a machine! thank you very much for posting.

@video1recorder You know I think you may be wrong. I think deltics are actually getting more popular, a number of new books are out and wherever RSG goes she gets photographed more and more, not to mention the packed tours she goes on. Look at the 100K raised for 55016 when she had problems a couple of years ago,i think times are a changing.

the best diesel locomotive ever built in the world .should never have been withdrawn ,at leas until the east coast main line had been electrified to Edinburgh ,bring them back

8:32 what film is that

deltic are a brill loco shame they all didnt survived only had D9000 when she was on hire to virgin in the late 90's 1 dream ill never forget

deltics are the best !!!!!

@aureol40012 I know aureol40012, i know :-) Makes me think if BR hadn't cut most of the deltics up, how much would they be worth now....

Cost of maintenance and repairs to a thirty year old locomotive ended the career.

+Jake Atkinson just out of interest what camera did you have at the time? my dad had a tube ferguson videoatar camera with a portable vhs with a kinda unbiblical cord to it

@aureol40012 indeed the spitfire run to edinburgh has v nearly sold out

I left York that week for London.. it was grim up North then. Little did I know how grim it would become. The Iron Lady sold us out . Then another , and another ? Better the beast you know than the bitch you don't !

good train.

Have any Deltic-powered locomotives been preserved?If so,where?

There's nothing wrong with a HST that was low, Deltics are great but no need to take it out on HST's.

@stevewhosnotsteve. Thanks. I don't normally get involved with morons, but his negative and fallacious views about the Deltic really annoyed me. It smacks of someone who was once involved with them in some way and was sacked/booted out/blackballed for being an bona fide idiot and he's very bitter about it. Screw him, we'll still enjoy them no matter and continue to have respect for the guys working on the preserved 6 and the prototype. Peace

@Froobyone - Spot on observations on this. Fuck video1recorder

tulyar shook the station as she roard through fantastic footage

@vorlonb3 It HAS sold out!! Looking forward to it! Hey, but remember, nobody is interested and Deltics are DEAD ;-)

@video1recorder give it a rest and stop attention seeking mate. You may as well say nobody is interested in money anymore!!! For whatever reason you are pissed off about something to do with Deltics, but don't force it upon us. Deltics are more popular than ever.

@video1recorder Get to hell you dumb idiot. Go and take your issues of depression and self worth out somewhere else.