British Rail Class 55 [SEP] service entry
British Rail Class 55
The British Rail Class 55 was a class of diesel locomotive built in 1961 and 1962 by English Electric for British Rail. They were designed for the high-speed express passenger services on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) between Edinburgh and . They gained the name "Deltic" from the prototype locomotive, DP1 "Deltic" (the running number DP1 was never carried), which in turn was named after its Napier Deltic power units.
Twenty-two locomotives were built, which dominated
Deltic 9000 Fund
The Deltic 9000 Fund was a locomotive preservation society set up to ensure that at least one example of the British Rail Class 55 diesel locomotives was preserved following their withdrawal from service in 1981. It was placed in receivership in 2004.
Formation.
With the entry into service of the new High Speed Train in the late 1970s, the old Class 55 diesel locomotives began to be withdrawn. In order to ensure that the first production unit, D9000/55022 ("Royal Scots Grey"), was preserved