LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
LMS Route: Rugby to Leamington
LMS Route: Rugby to Tamworth
LMS Route: Rugby to Leicester
LMS Route: Rugby to Market Harborough

Rugby Station: lnwrrm2478

Prototype English Electric 'Deltic' is seen standing at Rugby ready to take forward an up express whilst on a test run in 1958. Following trials with the prototype Deltic locomotive, an order was placed with English Electric for a production fleet of 22 units, a number reduced from the 23 units originally planned, which replaced fifty-five Gresley Pacific locomotives. The locomotives were purchased under a service contract with English Electric maintaining them, including their engines and generators, for a fixed price. Additional Deltic engines were produced to enable engines to be swapped out regularly for overhaul while keeping the locomotives in service.

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