If I could figure out how to "rip" tracks from a cd I'd post some recordings of 2860 that I have, It's got two of the best sounding whistles I've ever heard on a locomotive.
the deltic usually could pull 12 or 13 carridges heavilly laiden and still manage to roll along at 100 mph on the straight long sections up the north of england. \/
I've got a bunch of pictures I took this week from the new place we moved to, I'll have to post some when I get them developed. Everything goes by here; Canadian Pacific, Norfolk Southern, Burlington Northern Santa Fe etc...
Doncaster is the rail center of the North. This place built most of the famous trains in Britain. The two most famous being the Mallard and Flying Scotsman.