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Class 73 at Peterborough
Hello all!
Last Saturday (26/03/11), I was travelling on a train for London Kings Cross, when out of my window I noticed a class 73 Electro-Diesel standing outside the GBRF depot. I only glimpsed it, and failed to get its number. So my question is, does anybody out there know which 73 it was that I saw stood outside the depot on the date mentioned above?? Any help will be greatly appreciated, many thanks in advance, 58041
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Well that's one I didn't know about Ta for that Talky Tim just checking it out right now
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Hi Guys, Talky-Tim again, thanks very much for the thank you's. If you do go on the locoscene site, dont take everything you read as absolute gospel unless its backed up with a photo. The reason i say this is that one gentleman very recently reported seeing 60064 pass through a station somewhere in the Bury-Bolton area. 60064 has been hevily canabilized over the last four years, is parked right against some buffers with six other dead class 60's for company and, to my knowledge has not moved in over four years and will probably never do so ever again. Which is a bit of a bugger cos he is the last 60 i need off Toton and i like to actually see the numbers before i cross em off. But generally the gen is good to within a day of where your loco was last spotted. Cheers Guys.
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Your help has been greatly appreciated
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73's get everywhere?
I know what you mean. Have any of you guys seen 73138. It is completely yellow and does its stuff for the guys at the RTC in Derby. Where i used to work incidentally. Its not pretty, but hey, the 73's never really were. Still nice to see some working examples out there though. Cheers, Tim
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I note the corraspondance concerning the 73 type electro diesels. Can anyone tell me why are they so popular. They were originally intended to be used on the southern and were fitted with a 650hp engine for use in goods yards where there was no 3rd rail. The idea of an overhead wire for thes goods yards was dropped although the orriginal DC Locos did have a pantograph.
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(One reason why drivers like them - if you're unfortunate enough to gap one, and everbody does sooner or later, you just fire up the engine and get out of trouble. ) |
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