55019 Royal Highland Fusilier
Ex-BR Class 55 'Deltic' 55019 Royal Highland Fusilier was the first of the class to visit the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway. It is seen heading the 9.30am service from Toddington to Cheltenham Racecourse station on the first day of the railway's Diesel Gala.
Built by English Electric, the Deltics (named after the two Napier Deltic engines which powered the locomotive) displaced the Gresley Pacifics on the East Coast main line between King's Cross and Edinburgh.
55019 ran from 1961 until withdrawal in 1981. It is owned by the Deltic Preservation Society.
55019 Royal Highland Fusilier
Ex-BR Class 55 'Deltic' 55019 Royal Highland Fusilier was the first of the class to visit the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway. It is seen heading the 9.30am service from Toddington to Cheltenham Racecourse station on the first day of the railway's Diesel Gala.
Built by English Electric, the Deltics (named after the two Napier Deltic engines which powered the locomotive) displaced the Gresley Pacifics on the East Coast main line between King's Cross and Edinburgh.
55019 ran from 1961 until withdrawal in 1981. It is owned by the Deltic Preservation Society.