Original sentence: As more and more areas of the Eastern section were given over to the flexibilities of Multiple Unit (EMU) operation, the class found itself ousted almost completely from passenger work.Even this latter was rostered for a class 33 on Saturday nights due to the probability of engineering works enroute (see below).In some yards (notably Hither Green, SE London) overhead catenary energized to 650 V DC was used.In the late 1960s, ten examples were withdrawn, eventually being converted between 1967 and 1968 at the British Rail workshops in Crewe into electro diesels.The British Rail Class 71 was a electric locomotive used on the Southern Region of British Railways, unlike most other Southern Region electric locomotives (such as the class 73s & 74s) they could not operate away from the electrified (750 V DC third rail) system.The pantograph retracted into a cut-out recess in the roof when not in use, to keep within the loading gauge.Their 2700 hp packed quite a punch for a small Bo-Bo locomotive and proved useful in both theatres of heavy freight and express passenger work.They were mixed-traffic locomotives
Edited sentence: Even this latter was rostered for a class '33' on Saturday nights due to the probability of engineering works enroute (see below).In some yards (notably Hither Green, SE London) overhead catenary energized to 650v DC was used.In the late 1960s ten examples were withdrawn, eventually being converted between 1967 and 1968 at the British Rail workshops in Crewe into electro diesels.Sadly, as more and more areas of the Eastern section were given over to the flexibilities of Multiple Unit (EMU) operation, the class found itself ousted almost completely from passenger work.The British Rail Class 71 was a electric locomotive used on the Southern Region of British Railways, unlike most other Southern Region electric locomotives (such as the class 73's & 74's) they could not operate away from the electrified (750 V DC third rail) system.The pantograph retracted into a cut-out recess in the.Their 2700HP packed quite a punch for a small Bo-Bo locomotive and proved useful in both theatres of heavy freight and express passenger work.They are not an aesthetically pleasing prominence but add "character" (some say) and have arguably saved lives.They were mixed traffic locomotives.roof when not in use, to keep within the loading gauge