Thanks mate!

Engineering of its time at its absolute best. The Deltic is just a fantasic big machine whose raw power grips the seat of your pants and rattles your bones. Brilliant locos imho. The fact some still exist in full working order after decades of use and abuse is testament to that surely. Designed and built to last and last with proper maintenance. Almost every part could be repaired or overhauled and rebuilt to save having to buy a complete new part. A far cry from todays throw away and get new mostly without even a casual look to see if the fault is obvious.

Ye got a good deep thump to um like that.

Glad you enjoyed it.

Yes it was.

Thanks for your comments your not the 1st person to say the logo is a distraction sorry about that.

Thanks much appreciate.

Thanks very much.

Yes we could never imagine the over head wires that had been planed for the mid 80s would actually happen.

@@nablicman they lasted an extra 19 years after this tour took place as it wasn't until the end of 2017 that work began on electrifying the route to Blackpool North from Preston. Steam tours to Blackpool are a very rare sight now as the last one that ran along the route before electrification was with 44932 in 2013 & RTC have run some trips to Blackpool in the past but there hasn't been more since then. And one which was planned for last year ended up getting cancelled due to insufficient bookings.

@@WillsmanRail456 that trip they we're planning for last year I actually was interested in going on. Although I live just down the coast in Southport and a trip from Preston to Blackpool wouldn't really be that long a journey, my goal is to tick off as many routes that I can with steam traction. It was to tick off as many steam locos as possible but as there's not been that many new steam engines return to the mainline and most of them iv been behind multiple times, my goal now is to tick off as many routes as possible with steam traction. As of Sept 2023 I've done just shy of 10,000 miles behind preserved steam on the mainline.

The engines are going in next week i was told brilliant news.

@@nablicman should only be another 5 years now! :D

@@EpicLocoFilmsUKI know your joking but it should hopefully be finished this year!

West coast railways now have 3 black 5s 44932 44767 and 45110 it looks like 6201 princess Elizabeth is now under overhaul

@@jameshardy4354 that's what has been said about 6201 but others claim she is still stored inside the shed gathering dust. While I do want to see 6201 run again I preferably want to see 45110 return to steam as she's one of the 1T57 black fives & it would be nice to have haulage behind her on a 1T57 anniversary train (2028 for the 60th anniversary would be nice). In preservation she's never been involved in any of the anniversary 1T57 trains. 2008 although operational she wasn't mainline certified so her place was taken by 48151 for the Liverpool to Manchester section & 45231 then worked the train back to Liverpool that evening. & 2013 she wasn't in traffic so her place was taken by 45305 for the Liverpool to Manchester & return section (while 45305 was the original allocated engine it would be nice seeing 45110 involved with one). Big question though is which one of the pair will return to traffic first, Crewe built 44767 or Vulcan built 45110.

@@MasterMoyle seeing 45110 back on the mainline again is defiantly something to be excited about as she hasn't been on the mainline since May 2000 when she was failed at Lockerbie with leaking tubes.

I've heard David they want 44767 to be ready fore the shildon event in 2025 so she could return next year

@@jameshardy4354 effectively West Coast now own three of the five builders batch of black 5's with two being LMS built engines & one being an outside built engine. 44767 was built by LMS at Crewe Works, 44932 was built by LMS at Horwich Works & 45110 was built by Vulcan Foundry in Newton le Willows. They just need an engine from Armstrong Whitworth of Newcastle & one from Derby Works and then they'd have the complete set.

Thanks.