D9000 - "The Deltic Deliverance" [Revisited!], 30th November 1996

A rework of a previous video of the same subject posted ten years before.....it looked a bit grim with the black bars top and bottom at 640x480. Using Sony "Letterbox" mode originally for this trip meant I could crop the top and bottom black bars to make the output good for modern widescreen viewing habits. An additional five minutes of previously unused footage has been added, at that time only videos of a maximum of fifteen minutes could be uploaded, so I had to leave bits out.

As I said then, it was a day to remember but for the wrong reasons! After years of waiting, a Deltic returned to the main line! What a day! The long haul by 86 from Kings Cross at daft o'clock, the joy of seeing D9000 tie on the stock at Edinburgh Waverley, the smell of the exhaust filling the coach through the many open windows as the train accelerated through one of the Calton tunnels, the thrill of experiencing passenger haulage behind a Deltic at speed again, then the shared disappointment when it all came to a grinding halt at Berwick upon Tweed.

After a visit by the local fire brigade the train was dragged forward to Newcastle Upon Tyne by 37702 which hauled away D9000 for investigation and repair. As we all know this was a hiccup on what would become a glorious second main line Deltic era.

[Hi8 source with Sony "letterbox" widescreen mode]







00:00 Edinburgh Waverley
03:47 Portobello
10:14 Berwick-Upon-Tweed
18:16 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne