Pt1:Scottish Series 2 (The Far North Challenger) Deltic "Royal Scots Grey"

For this new series we stay in Scotland, but head outdoors. This series involved for us, some serious road mileage & driving. With so many great locations to choose from, your spoilt for choice!! So will be returning to the area to do some of the other locations. For this series we head up to the far north & the Caithness area. Here we see what we believe is possibly the 2nd time only, a Deltic has ever visited this area. The tour departed Edinburgh on the friday night (June 17th), traveling overnight to the far north of scotland. The tour visited Georgemas Junction (uk's most northerly junction), as well as the towns of Thurso & Wick. We pick up the tour (around 5:20am) as it passes through Helmsdale station. From Helmsdale the route detours inland from the coast. The east coast north of Helmsdale was too formidable in the terrain & cost, in attempting to build a railway to Wick. To avoid the hilly terrain of the east coast, the railway builders took a more longer route inland. After Helmsdale, we then leap ahead of the tour by road to see it's arrival into Georgmas Junction. We also see one of the local workings as well. We'll feature a more detailed look at Georgemas Jn station later in this series. The Loco in question is non-other than Deltic 22 "Royal Scots Grey". This twin Napier engined loco is celebrating it's 50th year. It's also recently been featured on BBC One TV's breakfast program. Look out for the big Deltic 50th event at shildon later this year. All ...

 

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