Image 55 021 & 40085, Gateshead-York LE (0L01), Darlington station
55 021 & 40085, Gateshead-York LE (0L01), Darlington station
55 021 & 40085, Gateshead-York LE (0L01), Darlington station The ignominy of it! A failed 55021 'Argyll & Sutherland Highlander' is dragged by 40085 from Newcastle to York for traction motor repairs after being failed earlier in the day working the 00.02 King's Cross to Newcastle, however, interestingly, the Deltic was under power along with the Class 40. The Deltic spent the next two weeks at York TMD being released back into traffic on 14.11.80. I am not sure that the famous Richardson thermometer was reading accurately? It says forty degrees Fahrenheit that would be just over four degrees celsius, I do not recall it being that chilly on this, the last day of October. Perhaps its inaccuracy was down to the fact that the well-known company and local employer had just gone into receivership and was never to open again after being trading for well over a century. The site was cleared in 1984 and is now home to the Neasham Road Retail Park. There is an audio recording of this event on my Youtube channel, see...https://youtu.be/vRuHnSEGYrM Keywords: 55 021 40085 Gateshead-York LE 0L01 Darlington station Argyll & Sutherland Highlander
55 021 & 40085, Gateshead-York LE (0L01), Darlington station The ignominy of it! A failed 55021 'Argyll & Sutherland Highlander' is dragged by 40085 from Newcastle to York for traction motor repairs after being failed earlier in the day working the 00.02 King's Cross to Newcastle, however, interestingly, the Deltic was under power along with the Class 40. The Deltic spent the next two weeks at York TMD being released back into traffic on 14.11.80. I am not sure that the famous Richardson thermometer was reading accurately? It says forty degrees Fahrenheit that would be just over four degrees celsius, I do not recall it being that chilly on this, the last day of October. Perhaps its inaccuracy was down to the fact that the well-known company and local employer had just gone into receivership and was never to open again after being trading for well over a century. The site was cleared in 1984 and is now home to the Neasham Road Retail Park. There is an audio recording of this event on my Youtube channel, see...https://youtu.be/vRuHnSEGYrM Keywords: 55 021 40085 Gateshead-York LE 0L01 Darlington station Argyll & Sutherland Highlander


The ignominy of it! A failed 55021 'Argyll & Sutherland Highlander' is dragged by 40085 from Newcastle to York for traction motor repairs after being failed earlier in the day working the 00.02 King's Cross to Newcastle, however, interestingly, the Deltic was under power along with the Class 40. The Deltic spent the next two weeks at York TMD being released back into traffic on 14.11.80. I am not sure that the famous Richardson thermometer was reading accurately? It says forty degrees Fahrenheit that would be just over four degrees celsius, I do not recall it being that chilly on this, the last day of October. Perhaps its inaccuracy was down to the fact that the well-known company and local employer had just gone into receivership and was never to open again after being trading for well over a century. The site was cleared in 1984 and is now home to the Neasham Road Retail Park.


There is an audio recording of this event on my Youtube channel, see...https://youtu.be/vRuHnSEGYrM