Class 73

80 mile/h bo-bo electro-diesel locomotive

Can operate on 650-750v DC (1420HP) and with auxiliary diesel engine (447HP)

73001-73006 - Originally built by BR Eastleigh Carriage Works in 1962
73101-73142 - Originally built by English Electric, Vulcan Foundry
 

1980s

London Victoria 1984

73123 Cardiff Canton depot 1985

73001 London Waterloo 1980s

73131 London Waterloo 1987

73105  London Victoria 1984

73133 Dover 1988

73116 London Waterloo 1987

73142 Brent 1985

73118 Basingstoke Railfair 1987

MLV Victoria 1984

Restored - 73/2 modified by Stewarts Lane depot 1984

73205+73209 Kettering 2007

73205+73209 Kettering 2007

Unidentified near Stenson Jcn 2010

73209 Kettering 2007

GBrF 73119 Bishops Lydeard WSR 2012

73207 Bishops Lydeard WSR 2012

 

Commencing in 2013, five GB Railfreight Class 73s were re-engined as Class 73/9 by Brush Traction Wabtec at their factory in Loughborough.

Preserved

73138 Froghall CVR

E6047 Spa Valley Railway 2011

73114 Shackerstone 2011

E6001 Lydney DFR 2012

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