Welcome to the Baby Deltic Project
News - latest update 25 June 2010
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News about the Project and our progress is updated regularly, the date above shows the most recent update. Click on the News link to the left to go to the news page.
The Baby Deltic Project are the owners of the sole-remaining Napier Deltic type T9-29 engine and generator set . Use the links to the left (some of them are triangular, see?) to navigate the site. Enjoy your visit and keep coming back, tell us what you think by clicking on the logo (top left) and sending us an e-mail.
We bought the power unit in 2001 from the National Railway Museum and began a programme of refurbishment in 2007, this culminated in a successful engine start in October 2008.
The engine is now installed in our latest acquisition - 37372. The engine has been run in the loco - and demonstrated to the public (see news item of 10/8/09). Work will progress to allow a programme of in-situ testing of the engine to take place within the next month or so. The results of this testing will determine what we do with the engine thereafter - either keep it in 37372 or 'something else'. Keep an eye on this website for updates.
About the Project
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Buy the book!
We have published a book about the experience of the Project so far. Titled 'Baby Deltic, the story of an engine's rebirth' it tells the story of the discovery, purchase, restoration and return to operational condition of our engine.
It is a fascinating book and is well loaded with photos and descriptive text. It is also a fabulous way to raise money for the Project, at only £9.50 it is also a bargain!
See the Sales page for details of how to purchase, thanks.
'Buy At' - help the project earn money - at no additional cost to you!
Contact us
Sounds too good to be true? The website 'Buy at' is an online shop where you can by goods from hundreds of major retailers, when you make a purchase by clicking on this link. Buy at now supports Ebay too - all you Ebay users can help us everytime you bid successfully.....Since joining 'Buy at' the project has earned more than £200 for very little effort on our part.
The retailers makes a donation to The Baby Deltic Project - at no cost to you. It really is that simple.
The price you pay is exactly the same as you would pay if you went direct to the retailer's own website, and is ofter cheaper than the price charged by the same retailer on the 'High St'.
How to make a donation
Virtually all of our money comes from the pockets of the Project members. Some of it comes from the sales items advertised elsewhere, we have had requests about how money can be donated to the Project, so, if you'd like to make a donation this can be undertaken in any of the following ways;
Send a cheque payable to 'The Baby Deltic Project' to The BDP, c/o Barrow Hill Roundhouse, Campbell Drive, Staveley, Chesterfield, S43 2PR.
Make an electronic transfer to our bank account, The Baby Deltic Project, HSBC Bank, 40-19-15, 72535408.
Click on the donate link on the sales page.
Thanks.
About the Group
The Baby Deltic Project is a group of six people who give freely of their time and money to meet a common desire to see our power unit run in a locomotive once more.
There is not a membership scheme for the Project, however, if you would like to help us meet our aims why not take a look at our items for sale by clicking the 'Sales' link above.
Want to see what we look like? Clicking on the link here will take you to the links page where there's a photograph of us.
