British Rail Class 73
Fleet details

British Rail Class 73

Section Title: Fleet details
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Numbers	Name(s)	Dates	Final Livery	Operator	Withdrawn	Status	Comments

Pre-TOPS	TOPS

E6001	73001	73901	BR Blue Large Logo	Merseyrail	05/2000	Preserved at Dean Forest Railway

E6002	73002	BR Blue Large Logo	Merseyrail	11/1995.	Stored at Eastleigh Arlington	Stored as surplus to requirements and used as spares at Kirkdale with 73005 (which was later resurrected). It is now preserved, although unlikely to run again.

E6003	73003	Sir Herbert Walker	1993-	BR Green	EWS	09/1996	Preserved at Swindon and Cricklade Railway

E6004	73004	The Bluebell Railway	1987–1990	Bluebell Blue	British Rail	09/1991	Scrapped at Kingsbury by HNRC (02/2004)	Used as a source of spares for 73003 at Isfield.

E6005	73005	73966	Caledonian Blue	GB Railfreight	In service	Converted to Class 73/9 Brush Traction in Loughborough in 2015.

E6006	73006	73906	73967	Caledonian Blue	GB Railfreight	In service	Converted to Class 73/9 Brush Traction in Loughborough in 2015.

E6007	73101	Brighton Evening Argus The Royal Alex'	1980-1992 1992-	Pullman	EWS	05/2002	Stored at Eastleigh Arlington.

E6008	73102	73212	Airtour Suisse	1985–1997	GBRf Blue	GB Railfreight	In service	Now the oldest class 73 still in main line use.

E6009	73103	73968	Caledonian Blue	GB Railfreight	In service	Converted to Class 73/9 Brush Traction in Loughborough in 2016.

E6010	73104	73951	Network Rail Yellow	Network Rail	In service	Rebuilt as "Ultra73" during 2014/15.

E6011	73105	73969	Quadrant	1987–1990	Caledonian Blue	GB Railfreight	In service	Converted to Class 73/9 Brush Traction in Loughborough in 2016.

E6012	73106	BR Engineers Grey	EWS	02/2000	Scrapped at Rotherham (09/2004)

E6013	73107	Redhill 1844-1994 Spitfire Tracy	1994–1999 2004-? ? - present	GBRf blue	GB Railfreight	In service

E6014	73108	Civil Engineers	EWS	01/2002	Scrapped at Rotherham (09/2004)

E6015	73109	Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary	1990-	Light Blue	GB Railfreight	In service

E6016	73110	BR Electric Blue	EWS	05/2002	Stored at Eastleigh Arlington

E6017	73111	InterCity Executive	British Rail	05/1991	Scrapped at Stewarts Lane (01/1997)

E6018	73112	73213	University of Kent at Canterbury	1990–1997	GBRf Blue	GB Railfreight	In service	In 1967, briefly given full yellow end livery (experimental at the time).

E6019	73113	73211	73952	County of West Sussex	1986–1991	Network Rail Yellow	Network Rail	In service	Previously Withdrawn at Stewarts Lane & heavily stripped, since purchased by RVEL. Rebuilt to become ‘Ultra73′ prototype locomotive in 2014.

E6020	73114	Stewarts Lane Traction Maintenance Depot	1994–1999	BR Blue Large Logo	Privately Owned	01/1999	On loan to Battlefield Line Railway

E6021	73115	BR Blue	British Rail	04/1982	Scrapped at Slade Green Depot (04/1982)

E6022	73116	73210	Selhurst	1986–1997	INTERCITY	Gatwick Express	09/2002	Preserved at Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

E6023	73117	73970	University of Surrey	1987–1996	Caledonian Blue	GB Railfreight	In service	Converted to Class 73/9 Brush Traction in Loughborough in 2016.

E6024	73118	The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway	1987–1996	EPS Grey	Eurostar	Preserved at the Barry Rail Centre	Fitted with Scharfenberg Coupling Equipment in order to work with Class 373 'Eurostar' units

E6025	73119	Kentish Mercury Borough of Eastleigh	1986-1999 2009-	GBRf Blue	GB Railfreight	In service

E6026	73120	73209	73961	Alison	2005-	GBRf Blue	GB Railfreight	In service	Converted to Class 73/9 Brush Traction in Loughborough in 2014.

E6027	BR Blue	British Rail	07/1972	Scrapped at Slade Green (02/1973)	Extensively damaged in an accident at Horsham 08/01/1972.

E6028	73121	73208	73965	Croydon 1883-1983 Kirsten	1983-1997 2006-2013	GBRf Blue	GB Railfreight	In service	Renamed Kirsten on 10 August 2006 at London Victoria.

E6029	73122	73207	73971	County of East Sussex	1985–1997	Caledonian Blue	GB Railfreight	In service	Used for several Months as Yard Shunter at Whitemoor yard, March and returned to main line service during 2009. Converted to Class 73/9 Brush Traction in Loughborough in 2016.

E6030	73123	73206	73963	Gatwick Express Lisa Janice	1984-1998 2005-2013 2014-	GBRf Blue	GB Railfreight	In service	Converted to Class 73/9 Brush Traction in Loughborough in 2014.

E6031	73124	73205	73964	London Chamber of Commerce Jeanette	1987-1998 2005-	GBRf Blue	GB Railfreight	In service	Out of service for most of 2010 awaiting new wheelsets and a repaint, this work was completed during early 2011 and was enhanced by an unexpected repaint into Intercity 'Executive' livery by St Leonards depot.

E6032	73125	73204	73962	Stewarts Lane Janice Dick Mabbutt	1985-1998 2005-2013 2014-	GBRf Blue	GB Railfreight	In service	First GBRF 73/9 locomotive to be completed. Unveiled and named Dick Mabbutt on 3 August 2014 at Brush Traction in Loughborough.

E6033	73126	Kent & East Sussex Railway	1991–1997	Network SouthEast	EWS	01/1999	Scrapped at Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham 6/8/09	Stored early/mid-1996. Became source of spare parts for the Class 73 refurbishment programme at Stewarts Lane in July 1996 and to donate power unit to 73112 (now 73213) for reinstatement.

E6034	73127	73203	Gatwick Express	First GBRf	05/2001	Withdrawn	Stripped for spares and scrapped, after periods in store at Peterborough, Tonbridge and St Leonards depots, during mid-2009.

E6035	73128	O.V.S. Bulleid C.B.E. C.M.E. Southern Railway 1937-1949	1991–1997 2002 -	GBRf Blue	GB Railfreight	In service	Bought from preservation and returned to mainline operation with GB Railfreight in 2014.

E6036	73129	City of Winchester	1982–2003	Network SouthEast	EWS	06/2002	Preserved at Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway	Bodywork restoration and repaint into electric blue livery nearly complete.

E6037	73130	City of Portsmouth	1988–1996	EPS Grey	Eurostar	?	Stored at Finmere station	Fitted with Scharfenberg Coupling Equipment to work with Class 373 'Eurostar' units.

E6038	73131	County of Surrey	1988–1993	EWS Red/Gold	EWS	09/2003	Scrapped at Rotherham (08/2004)

E6039	73132	InterCity Executive	11/1998	Scrapped by Ron Hull Jr, Rotherham (08/2006)	Stripped of parts at Derby RTC.

E6040	73133	The Bluebell Railway	1990–2004	Transmart Trains Green livery with small yellow warning panels	Transmart Trains	In service, on hire to Arlington Fleet at Eastleigh Arlington Depot.	Previously used at Fairwater Yard, Taunton. Repainted into green livery completed at Selhurst Depot. Owned by Transmart Trains.

E6041	73134	Woking Homes 1885-1985	1985–1996	InterCity Executive	04/1999	Disassembled for spares at Brush Traction.

E6042	73135	73235	SWT Blue/Red	South West Trains	Stored

E6043	73136	Kent Youth Music Perseverance	1992-2004 2004-	GBRf Blue	GB Railfreight	In service

E6044	73137	73202	Royal Obs. Corps Dave Berry Graham Stenning	1985–1997 2005-2013 2015-	Southern	Southern Gatwick Express	In service	Repainted from Gatwick Express livery at St Leonards Railway Engineering, released 09/12/13, moved back to Stewarts Lane 10/12/13.[ambiguous] Named Graham Stenning at Lovers Walk Depot 11 December 2015.

E6045	73138	Network Rail Yellow	Network Rail	In Service

E6046	73139	GB Railfreight	03/1999	Stored, Eastleigh Arlington.

E6047	73140	Network SouthEast	Spa Valley Railway	11/1998	Preserved at Tunbridge Wells West (75F).	First JB in preservation, private owned, on hire to the Spa Valley Railway in 2000. Repainted from BR Blue to Network SouthEast for Spa Valley Railway 2014 Diesel Gala.

E6048	73141	Ron Westwood / David Gay Charlotte	2009-2009 2009-	GBRf Blue	GB Railfreight	In Service	Network Rail named 73141 twice (one name on each side) on 20 February 2009. By July 2009, the locomotive was in service with First GBRf.

E6049	73142	73201	Broadlands	1980-1998 2009-	BR Blue	GB Railfreight	In service	Renamed Broadlands on 21 May 2009 during the centenary celebration of Eastleigh Works.

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British Rail Class 73 locomotive number 73211 was rebuilt by RVEL.

final_sentence: British Rail Class 73 locomotive number 73211 was rebuilt by RVEL.