Class 73 News 2000

Date News
24/9 73109 is now back at woking as standby after its repairs.
19/9 73131 + 73136 7Y39 Hoo jnc - EH, 7Y40 Rtn.
19/9 73101 leading 73108 on 1O90 16.28 Willesden - Dover.
18/9 73202 Needs 4 new TRACTION MOTORS and is now dumped at Fratton .
19/9 Class 73's are still holding on since the arrival of the last shed. There is a Pathfinder tour in November which should feature a pair. 73126 has moved to Moreton In Marsh for spares. The Gatwicks are still holding out - but for how much longer?? The MerseyRail 73's have all been replaced by modern devices. 73109/202 appear to be still working the odd SWT train around the Woking area. The Eurostar 73's appear to do nothing. Most of the gen is with thanks to GWOT33102.
17/9 73202+18??+ 1538 just leaving Clapham Yard at 0910 E.C.S for Wim park.
11/9 73128+129 London bound on the SERCO test train through New Malden at 13:29.
10/9 73202 is at Reading at 2238 to get Dead unit 3458 and take it to Wim/Park.
5/9 73202 to drag 1G20 back into guilford.
15/8 73128+131 looking hell just passed woking jnc at 1829 on 7y40 1657 Eh yard - Hoo jnc.
11/8 73101 on VSOE passed Portchester towards Fareham.
9/8 73129 is to drag 47776 on the 1130ish 0z47 Bounds Green - SF for repair.
11/7 73101+131 passed west byfleet on 7Y40 at 1840.
6/7 73109 2133 Waterloo -   Alton to Woking.
6/7 73109 to work to waterloo on the 2015 x Alton.
6/7 73109 2015 x Alton not the 2126 to Waterloo left Alton at 2035.
6/7 73109 1903 Waterloo - Alton 2126 Alton - Waterloo to woking.
6/7 73109 1903 Waterloo - Alton
4/7 73108+101 with serco test train in woking down yard with
4/7 73101+108  1z14 0636 Waterloo - Southampton track rec.
28/6 1O90 Willesden - Dover postal topped by VSOE's 73101 running on time at Redhill.
22/6 73108/110  
5Z98 17.07 ALTON - ASCOT ecs arr ASCOT 19.01
1Z98 19.09 ASCOT - WATERLOO via Aldershot 19.48 - 20.07 rev  and Guildford
20.23 - 2037 rev  then Woking 20.48 Staines 21.16  Hounslow 21.25  Clapham
21.39 W/Loo 21.52
22/6 73108 / 110 T'N'T 10.26 charter dep. Waterloo @ 10.42.
20/6 73133 on 6t58 1231 paddwood-hoojun75early
14/6 73131+73110 are 1O90 PRDC - Dover T.P.O.
13/6 47575 + 73131 will top n tail the 1845 Victoria - Hampton court V.S.O.E.
8/6 37065+73110 to top n tail 6zXX Hoo jnc - Dugeness.
6/6 1O90 Prdc-Dover TPO 47786 + 73108 T,n,T.
1/6 73101 is now 2230 HG to Leicester  0F94 HG- Leicester for repaint at Toton.
29/5 73109 1257 Pompey Waterloo from Woking , 1453 Waterloo Pompey to Woking.
29/5 73109 1010 Waterloo Basingstoke from Woking, 1147 Basingstoke to WAT to Woking.
27/5 73109 0948 Waterloo Farnham.
27/5 73109 1A08 0708 Alton-Waterloo from Woking.
11/5 73211 14:45 Victoria - Gatwick/73208 15:00 Victoria - Gatwick/73205 15:15 Victoria - Gatwick/73204 15:30 Victoria - Gatwick
6/5 73109 1320 Pompey Waterloo from guildford.
3/5 47831 to work 1M50 from Kensington O, replacing 73129.
11/4 73 130 (modified for Channel Tunnel stock working) Up through Bromley South 12.18.
15/3 73110 is on 7Y39 0945 Hoo Jn to Eastleigh today. Allox throughout.
7/3 73110 on 1Z21 Serco test train, heading from Redhill to Guildford.
11/2 73106 will work saturdays herts railtour from victoria,its final run.
9/2 73106,133 arrived OOC at 14.45 with recovery train.
6/2 73106 to now be withdrawn on Feb 13. 73106 was en route OOC for scrap,but has now gone back to HG with 73133 and OOC crane due to derailment at HG.
8/2 73110 on 6T26,11.45 Hoo to Temple Mills,with 35 x ZBA wagons.
7/2 73110,129 returned on 7Z70,13.30 OOC to Hither Green.Consist unknown.
7/2 73106 was withdrawn today.73105,136 on 16.30 Willes to Dover T.P.O.73110,129  arrived at OOC
29/1 73108 Worked HRT's tour to Soton Docks and back.
30/1 73129 Noted at Victoria P15 on a ballast.
30/1 73110 Worked a Pathfinder Tour???
28/1 73108 1Y40 1153 Victoria-Victoria VSOE
27/1 73109 Rescued 1B08 0626 Poole-Waterloo from Hook to Woking.
14/1 73202 Went to Basingstoke for 5O14 to Bouremouth, 1O14  Failed at Basingstoke
8/1 73129 This loco worked the Buffer Puffer Tour around London. Reached 83mph at one point!.

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