DELTIC: EE’s Game Changer
The most remarkable diesel locomotive of its time, English Electric’s Deltic was a purely speculative venture that went on to leave a lasting legacy on British motive power policy.
Unusually for a prototype that spent some years working on BR metals, was neither conceived nor requested by the national operator and it never carried a number. Unlike many locomotives and trains featured in this publication, it did lead to a high-profile production order and although EE would have hoped for more than the 22 locomotives it eventually built for BR,
