Service With British Railways
The locomotive first saw service on the London Midland Region of British Railways but the intention soon became to electrify the major routes on that Region. It also underwent extensive testing on the Settle - Carlisle route in 1956, with test trains, two mobile testing units and a dynamometer car, and the results of this are contained in British Transport Commission Test Bulletin No.19. On the Eastern Region, however, no diesel replacement of conventional design seemed to be available for Gresley's Pacifics, particularly the A4. Only the Deltic appeared to offer the power and speed required within the constraints of a 20-ton axle load, and it was soon running on that Region.
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