GBED and GBNR Pool 73s head north through Huntingdon, working 0F94 to Leicester, on April 7th 2025 a
GBED Pool 73 212 'Stephen Eaves, 73 107 'Tracy', and GBNR Pool 73 964 'Jeanette' work 0F94 north through Huntingdon, on April 7th 2025. 73 964 was dropped off at Leicester for attention. 73 107 and 73 212 worked back south as 0H00.
TOPS info:-
73212 GBED SE G M 0 AP
73107 GBED SE G M 0 XP
73964 GBNR SE G M R AP.
73 212 was built by Vulcan Foundry as E6008, entering service in October 1965.
Stewarts Lane 24/10/1965
Eastleigh 07/1967
Stewarts Lane 06/1968
Allocation recoded 75D to SL 05/1973
Renumbered 73102 02/1974
Named Airtour Suisse, with its logo on a shield-shaped plaque below the nameplate, at Gatwick Airport Station on 23/4/85.
Renumbered 73212 16/02/1988.
The nameplates were removed in 4/99
Sold by Porterbrook Leasing to GB Railways, who then sold it to Railtrack in 9/00 for use on Sandite duties on the Merseyrail system.
Headquarters Pool 11/07/2001
Store 11/07/2001
Derby Fragonset 10/08/2001
Returned to Service 10/08/2001
The locomotive was moved to MoD Ludgershall on 7/4/03 and was based there for around two years.
Unofficially named Shiney at Tonbridge West Yard on 12/1/08
Peterborough GBRf 28/06/2009
Unofficial name removed 5/10. Named Fiona at Victoria station London on 22/8/13, nameplates removed 6/7/22
Store 12/04/2018
Stored in Tonbridge West Yard 12/4/18, reinstated 17/7/18
St. Leonards 17/07/2018
Reinstated 17/07/2018
Store 05/05/2020
St. Leonards 19/05/2020
Stored at Eastleigh Works 5/5/20, reinstated 19/5/20
Reinstated 19/05/2020
Named Stephen Eaves at London Blackfriars station 8/7/22.
73 107 was built by Vulcan Foundry as E6013, entering service in December 1965.
Stewarts Lane 26/12/1965
Eastleigh 07/1967
Stewarts Lane 06/1968
Allocation recoded 75D to SL 05/1973
Renumbered 73107 02/1974
Named Redhill 1844 – 1994 at Redhill Station on 16/4/94.
Eastleigh 01/1997
Hither Green 09/1997
Eastleigh 12/1998
Hither Green 05/1999
EWS Headquarters Pool 05/10/1999
Store 05/10/1999
Withdrawn 18/10/2002
Sold to Fragonset Railways on 7/2/03. Moved from OOC by road to Darley Dale, Peak Rail, Derbyshire about 12/3/03 for reported long - term storage but was in use in 4/03
and numbered E6013.
Moved from Peak Rail to Fragonset Railways, Derby on 23/6/04
Had the nameplates removed around 4/03
Derby Fragonset 14/05/2003
Reinstated 14/05/2003
Store 12/04/2018
One of eight class 73s stored in Tonbridge West Yard 12/4/18 but still in normal status, reinstated 2/5/18
Derby Fragonset 05/09/2004
Returned to Service 05/09/2004
Named SPITFIRE, with two circular plaques, the one above the nameplate the image of a Spitfire aircraft while the one below promoted SPITFIRE PREMIUM KENTISH ALE, at
Faversham station on 5/9/04
Went on hire to South West Trains from 10 - 24/5/05 for shunting EMUs at Bournemouth was held there when FM Rail went into administration on 11/12/06
Sold to RT Rail on 18/2/07 and reallocated DF - SE the same day
The nameplates were removed at St. Leonards on 8/9/10. It was then named Redhill 1844 – 1994 at St. Leonards on 10/9/10 and these plates were removed in 2/14 although a
date of 7/15 is also claimed
Sold to GBRf in 4/14
Named Tracy at Victoria Station, London on 25/8/15, also carried a vinyl plate below the nameplate Will you Marry Me? on one side only, fitted on 17th April 2016, she did say
Yes!
Stored at Tonbridge West Yard 5/5/20, reinstated 20/5/20
73 964 was built by Vulcan Foundry as E6031, entering service in May 1966
Stewarts Lane 08/05/1966
Allocation recoded 75D to SL 05/1973
Renumbered 73124 03/1974
Named London Chamber of Commerce, with its coat of arms on a shield-shaped plaque below the nameplate, at Cannon Street Station on 1/6/87
Renumbered 73205 02/1988
Moved to RFS Industries, Doncaster in 10/89 for bogie change to enable the loco to be used with converted Class 33 that had been renumbered to 83301 (ex - 33115) on test
duties.
The loco was still at RFS Industries in 2/90, and was finally moved to the Railway Technical Centre, Derby on 20/2/90. It was then moved to Stewarts Lane Depot on
28/2/90, again with 83301 10/1989
Had LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE nameplates removed in 12/94
Renumbered 73964 02/04/2014
Moved to DERA Pig's Bay, Shoeburyness on 5/2/01 for long - term store but it was not officially stored until to HQ store 16/2/01. Sold to GB Railways in 4/01 It was moved out
of Pig's Bay to the Engineers Sidings at Norwich Crown Point on 1/7/03, where tarpaulins were placed over the locos for safe long - term storage
Headquarters Pool 02/2001
Store 16/02/2001
Moved to Peterborough on 17/2/04, and then to Derby Fragonset Workshops on 20/2/04, and to be restored to service
Returned to Service 11/05/2004
It was named Jeanette at Liverpool Street station on 12/10/04. Nameplates removed during conversion, refitted in 11/14
St. Leonards 06/04/2009
Ran light to Brush, Loughborough on 27/3/14 for re-engineering / conversion.
Main line test runs 30/3/15 and 1/4/15, then ran light to Tonbridge 2/4/15, and back to Brush 11/6/15 for modifications, returning to Tonbridge 4/7/15 and resuming working
from there.
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GBED and GBNR Pool 73s head north through Huntingdon, working 0F94 to Leicester, on April 7th 2025 a
GBED Pool 73 212 'Stephen Eaves, 73 107 'Tracy', and GBNR Pool 73 964 'Jeanette' work 0F94 north through Huntingdon, on April 7th 2025. 73 964 was dropped off at Leicester for attention. 73 107 and 73 212 worked back south as 0H00.
TOPS info:-
73212 GBED SE G M 0 AP
73107 GBED SE G M 0 XP
73964 GBNR SE G M R AP.
73 212 was built by Vulcan Foundry as E6008, entering service in October 1965.
Stewarts Lane 24/10/1965
Eastleigh 07/1967
Stewarts Lane 06/1968
Allocation recoded 75D to SL 05/1973
Renumbered 73102 02/1974
Named Airtour Suisse, with its logo on a shield-shaped plaque below the nameplate, at Gatwick Airport Station on 23/4/85.
Renumbered 73212 16/02/1988.
The nameplates were removed in 4/99
Sold by Porterbrook Leasing to GB Railways, who then sold it to Railtrack in 9/00 for use on Sandite duties on the Merseyrail system.
Headquarters Pool 11/07/2001
Store 11/07/2001
Derby Fragonset 10/08/2001
Returned to Service 10/08/2001
The locomotive was moved to MoD Ludgershall on 7/4/03 and was based there for around two years.
Unofficially named Shiney at Tonbridge West Yard on 12/1/08
Peterborough GBRf 28/06/2009
Unofficial name removed 5/10. Named Fiona at Victoria station London on 22/8/13, nameplates removed 6/7/22
Store 12/04/2018
Stored in Tonbridge West Yard 12/4/18, reinstated 17/7/18
St. Leonards 17/07/2018
Reinstated 17/07/2018
Store 05/05/2020
St. Leonards 19/05/2020
Stored at Eastleigh Works 5/5/20, reinstated 19/5/20
Reinstated 19/05/2020
Named Stephen Eaves at London Blackfriars station 8/7/22.
73 107 was built by Vulcan Foundry as E6013, entering service in December 1965.
Stewarts Lane 26/12/1965
Eastleigh 07/1967
Stewarts Lane 06/1968
Allocation recoded 75D to SL 05/1973
Renumbered 73107 02/1974
Named Redhill 1844 – 1994 at Redhill Station on 16/4/94.
Eastleigh 01/1997
Hither Green 09/1997
Eastleigh 12/1998
Hither Green 05/1999
EWS Headquarters Pool 05/10/1999
Store 05/10/1999
Withdrawn 18/10/2002
Sold to Fragonset Railways on 7/2/03. Moved from OOC by road to Darley Dale, Peak Rail, Derbyshire about 12/3/03 for reported long - term storage but was in use in 4/03
and numbered E6013.
Moved from Peak Rail to Fragonset Railways, Derby on 23/6/04
Had the nameplates removed around 4/03
Derby Fragonset 14/05/2003
Reinstated 14/05/2003
Store 12/04/2018
One of eight class 73s stored in Tonbridge West Yard 12/4/18 but still in normal status, reinstated 2/5/18
Derby Fragonset 05/09/2004
Returned to Service 05/09/2004
Named SPITFIRE, with two circular plaques, the one above the nameplate the image of a Spitfire aircraft while the one below promoted SPITFIRE PREMIUM KENTISH ALE, at
Faversham station on 5/9/04
Went on hire to South West Trains from 10 - 24/5/05 for shunting EMUs at Bournemouth was held there when FM Rail went into administration on 11/12/06
Sold to RT Rail on 18/2/07 and reallocated DF - SE the same day
The nameplates were removed at St. Leonards on 8/9/10. It was then named Redhill 1844 – 1994 at St. Leonards on 10/9/10 and these plates were removed in 2/14 although a
date of 7/15 is also claimed
Sold to GBRf in 4/14
Named Tracy at Victoria Station, London on 25/8/15, also carried a vinyl plate below the nameplate Will you Marry Me? on one side only, fitted on 17th April 2016, she did say
Yes!
Stored at Tonbridge West Yard 5/5/20, reinstated 20/5/20
73 964 was built by Vulcan Foundry as E6031, entering service in May 1966
Stewarts Lane 08/05/1966
Allocation recoded 75D to SL 05/1973
Renumbered 73124 03/1974
Named London Chamber of Commerce, with its coat of arms on a shield-shaped plaque below the nameplate, at Cannon Street Station on 1/6/87
Renumbered 73205 02/1988
Moved to RFS Industries, Doncaster in 10/89 for bogie change to enable the loco to be used with converted Class 33 that had been renumbered to 83301 (ex - 33115) on test
duties.
The loco was still at RFS Industries in 2/90, and was finally moved to the Railway Technical Centre, Derby on 20/2/90. It was then moved to Stewarts Lane Depot on
28/2/90, again with 83301 10/1989
Had LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE nameplates removed in 12/94
Renumbered 73964 02/04/2014
Moved to DERA Pig's Bay, Shoeburyness on 5/2/01 for long - term store but it was not officially stored until to HQ store 16/2/01. Sold to GB Railways in 4/01 It was moved out
of Pig's Bay to the Engineers Sidings at Norwich Crown Point on 1/7/03, where tarpaulins were placed over the locos for safe long - term storage
Headquarters Pool 02/2001
Store 16/02/2001
Moved to Peterborough on 17/2/04, and then to Derby Fragonset Workshops on 20/2/04, and to be restored to service
Returned to Service 11/05/2004
It was named Jeanette at Liverpool Street station on 12/10/04. Nameplates removed during conversion, refitted in 11/14
St. Leonards 06/04/2009
Ran light to Brush, Loughborough on 27/3/14 for re-engineering / conversion.
Main line test runs 30/3/15 and 1/4/15, then ran light to Tonbridge 2/4/15, and back to Brush 11/6/15 for modifications, returning to Tonbridge 4/7/15 and resuming working
from there.
I hope you enjoy looking through my Flickr images. Please consider helping me pay for my Flickr subscription, and to replace my scanner with something that'll produce better images from the past.
I'd like to rescan all of my older uploads in the fullness of time.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.