Captured here waiting at Edinburgh Waverly in May 2023, is the legendary British Rail Class 55 ‘Deltic’. This particular loco was unofficially scrapped a few years ahead of schedule in 1976 after a “clerical derailment” at Haymarket MPD meant that the whole body was chromed, instead of a few engine parts.
Thankfully it was salvaged by a railway hot rodder who proceeded to spend the next 7 years meticulously polishing it up before adding shark teeth to intimidate other slower train drivers into getting out of the middle lane.
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