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( page 1 of ? on this gala)
GBRf Class 73 206 'Lisa' + GBRf Class 73 209 Alison
GBRf Class 73 206 'Lisa'
GBRf class 73 206 Lisa the Peterborough Nene Valley railway station in 2005 with GB Raifreight class GBRf class 73 209 "Alison" backing on to their train on the 17th September 2005.
The name plate of class 73 206
Class 73 206 was 73 123.
Class 73s were not normally seen in BR days at Peterborough as they were made for the 650-750 volt DC third rail network in southern England. They ran for most of there time taking power from the third rail, but they have a small by railway standards 600hp diesel engine to generate power for the traction motors, when no third rail is available. This made them very useful for cross London freights between freight yards and when the power was turned off.
49 of what is now class 73 locomotives, were built in two lots. 6 locomotives of Class JA being built in 1962 at the British Railways Eastleigh Works. They were numbered E6001 to E6006. Under the TOPS renumbering, these first 6 locomotives were to be given class 72, to mark them out from the second batch. In the end they became class 73/0 with the numbers 73101 to 73006.
The 2nd batch Class JB, were built by The Vulcan Foundry from 1965 to 1967. These were numbered as E6007 to E6049. Under the TOPS renumbering they became 73/1 with the numbers 73101 to 73142. One of this 2nd batch never got a TOPS number, this was E6027, it had been involved in an accident and had been withdrawn.
GB Raifreight class 73 209 "Alison" with 73206 wait to leave for Wansford at the Peterborough NVR station 2005.
Name plate of class 73 209 Alison
GBRf class 73 209 Alison above was number 73120.
This part of the web site has 3 pages on the Nene Valleys during The Nene Valleys Diesel weekend in September 2005 at the Nene Valleys Peterborough station.
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