73964 Loughborough BRUSH to Tonbridge West 0Z73

The fastest I've ever seen a 73 move giving the passengers waiting on Shortlands station platform a bit of a shock as it raced through with squeaky horn going.

 

GB Railfreight's re-engineered class 73 number 73964 (previously E6031, 73124 and 73205) named "Jeanette" travels light engine from Loughborough Brush Works to Tonbridge West Yard on 1 April 2015. E6031 (works number E3593/E363) was built at the English Electric Vulcan Foundry in 1966. It was also photographed numerous times earlier on route e.g. by John Pink at East Hyde, by Aaron Oxford at Wandsworth Road, by Ian Dyer at Culvert Road.

 

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;

Loughborough Brush........0855........................0855................RT

Loughborough USL...........0905........................0906..................1L

Sileby Junction....................0911..........................0916..................5L

Syston South Junction......0916.........................0921..................5L

Leicester [LEI] UDS............0922 1/2.................0928................5L

Wigston North Junction....0940........................0944..................4L

Kilby Bridge Junction........0945/1005.............NoRep/1009....4L

Market Harborough 2........1021..........................1020 1/2...........RT

Kettering [KET] 1..................1036.........................1034 1/2............1E

Wellingborough [WEL] 3...1044.........................1043...................1E

Sharnbrook Junction.........1057.........................1053..................4E

Bedford [BDM] 2.................1113...........................1110....................3E

Flitwick [FLT] 1.....................1125..........................1119 1/2.............5E

Harlington [HLN] 1...............1129..........................1122 1/2............6E

Luton [LUT] 1........................1138 1/2....................1134...................4E

St Albans [SAC] 1.................1151 1/2.....................1148 1/2............3E

Radlett Junction..................1157..........................1154...................3E

Hendon [HEN].....................1210..........................1216...................6L

Brent Curve Junction.........1214..........................1218....................4L

Dudding Hill Junction........1217..........................1222..................5L

Neasden Junction..............1219..........................1225..................6L

Acton Wells Junction.........1225.........................1233...................8L

Kew East Junction..............1230.........................1239..................9L

Barnes [BNS] 1.....................1236.........................1251..................15L

Clapham Junction 3...........1246/1252...............1300/1305......13L

Factory Junction.................1258.........................1313..................15L

Voltaire Road Junction......1300 1/2..................1314..................13L

Shortlands Junction...........1321..........................1325...................4L

Bickley Junction[XLY]........1329 1/2...................1329..................RT

Petts Wood Junction.........1334.........................1335....................1L

Orpington [ORP] 3..............1335 1/2...................1340 1/2...........5L

Sevenoaks [SEV] 3.............1345.........................1351...................6L

Tonbridge [TON] D.............1354 1/2/1405 1/2..1402/NoRep....7L

Tonbridge West Yard........1409.........................1417....................8L

 

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