It does.
Do you know what, I might well scan it in and post it as a reply. Now there's a *fantastic* piece of redundant technology.

I had the pleasure of hearing one go past about two years ago, when I lived near Westerton Station. A Deltic-hauled rail tour was coming back down from the West Highland Line. Brought back a lot of memories of watching them hauling through the straight at Arbroath, that unearthly wail...
(gordonjcp, Mon 8 Nov 2010, 22:33, 2 replies)

Uuurrgghh...
I'm sorry, I've just come. Somewhere on the interwebs (ah, here :http://rowla.dyndns.org/justin/img/piston_deltic640.avi) is the magnificent animation of all 36 pistons and 3 crankshafts thrusting in perfect harmony.
(all my scars face forward possesses 2.5% of a hyperalloy combat chassis, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 9:35, closed)

Please do this!
I'd love to see it if you can scan it.

Can't wait to look at that video when I get back from work tonight either. The wife will find me hunched over the computer, staring at the screen while making odd little satisfied noises as I unravel the motion in my mind. I'll hear her come in and guitily minimise the window out of reflex.

"Aha!" she'll say, "Caught you again, you dirty wanker!"
"But no, my good lady! See?" and I'll show her the mighty Deltic's 36 throbbing pistons. "Look at that! It's mechanical poetry!"

Then she'll look at me with a confused, vaguely sad look on her face and walk off. I'll then sigh a bit and realise that if I actually had been looking at porn then she wouldn't think I was odd and might even have joined in. A slightly awkward dinner will follow, then maybe some perfunctory lovemaking, and in the morning her pillow will still be damp from her silent tears.

All this because she's a huge steam nut. Can't stand diesels.

EDIT: I see that you did scan it already! Thanks very much.
( Scrumper, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 14:51, closed)