by Mark Collins

Growing up in the Bristol area meant that you only ever saw a Deltic if you travelled to London for the day and visited Kings Cross.

I remember seeing my very first Deltic there. It was D9003 “Meld”. The noise when it pulled out was like nothing I’d heard before and there were a few instances whilst we were filming on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway when the noise brought back those memories.

I had never visited the North Yorkshire Moors before, but fell in love with the area immediately. The 18 or so miles between Grosmont and Pickering go through some of the most spectacular scenery that other preserved lines can only dream about.

There is one point when we were filming trackside on an incline and the driver opened up the engines to give us an aural and visual delight. I’m sure he was showing off for the cameras!

A big thank you to Murray Brown for his enthusiasm and his dedication to ‘The Cause’. You might see more of Murray if “Trainspotting” gets a second series. Thanks too to Jim Dedicoat who drove us the 18 miles in the cab of “Alycidon” and all the staff of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and the Deltic Preservation Society.

Trainspotting.links (will open in a new window)

www.thedps.co.uk
www.deltic9000.freeserve.co.uk
www.55s.co.uk  Tony posted a notice on the message board

                        and said this was the definitive site.  And he

                        was right.
www.preserved-diesels.co.uk
www.users.waitrose.com/~jweedon/deltic24.htm
www.nymr.demon.co.uk
www.nymrdiesel.co.uk
www.nymr.co.uk

Books

If you can, try and get hold of "Deltics at Work" by Allan Baker and Gavin Morrison, pub. by Ian Allen. Everything about it is high quality. also: "The Deltic Years" by Hugh W. Watson. Amazingly in - depth with tons of photos. Pub. by PSL in 1989, I found my copy in an Oxfam shop in mint condition for £6.