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Photographs from the British Rail era, and the stories behind them.
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Ballymoss at YorkClass 55 Deltic 55018 Ballymoss at York, 3 August 1981, between King's Cross turns. See the photograph Trevor Ermel caught that day.
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The Last HurrahClass 55 Deltic 55008 'The Green Howards' at Newcastle Central, 30 December 1981: its last working before withdrawal from British Rail service.
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Kings Cross DelticClass 55 Deltic 55014 pulls away from King's Cross for Newcastle, August 1975, beneath Cubitt's train shed. Step into the scene.
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Deltic Scotsman FarewellDeltic 55015 'Tulyar' arrives at Edinburgh on the 1982 Deltic Scotsman Farewell railtour, the last northbound Deltic working under British Railways.
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Western Clag at ParClass 52 Western D1047 'Western Lord' departs Par with the Paddington to Penzance express, 30 May 1974, clag drifting across the platform.
