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English Electric Type 5 D9009 'Alycidon' (Class 55, 55009)

Preserved and mainline certified English Electric Type 5 'Deltic' diesel locomotive D9009 'Alycidon' (British Rail Class 55, 55009) stored next to the workshop at the National Railway Museum in York (UK).

 

D9009 was built at the English Electric Vulcan Foundry Newton-le-Willows in 1961 and was withdrawn from traffic on January 2nd 1982.

 

My Class 55 album flic.kr/s/aHsk8h6Q9e

 

Photography from my regular photostream contributor David on his travels and is posted here with very kind permission.

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Uploaded on March 2, 2015
Taken on February 26, 2015