1980

SJ5091 : Locomotive Parade, Rainhill 1980 : Deltic 55015 "Tulyar"

taken 44 years ago, near to Rainhill, St Helens, England

Locomotive Parade, Rainhill 1980 : Deltic 55015 "Tulyar"
Locomotive Parade, Rainhill 1980 : Deltic 55015 "Tulyar"
May 1980 was the 150th anniversary of the original Rainhill Trials which was won by the "Rocket". In May 1980 British Rail re-enacted these trials on the same stretch of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway.
Deltic 55015 "Tulyar" hauls 86214 (the modern day "Sans Pareil") past the crowds. The Deltics were diesel electrics built by English Electric at their Vulcan Works in Newton-Le-Willows, just up the line from here. They were introduced in 1961 and worked on the East Coast Mainline until 2 January 1982.

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Category: Railway
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Liverpool [8] · Stretch of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway [5] · Pareil [3] ·
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SJ5091, 48 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Ashcroft   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 25 May, 1980   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 29 November, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 503 918 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:25.2500N 2:44.8775W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 503 918
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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