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Class Number Built Name Name Date Notes Removed Date Withdrawn
Class 73 73004 06/07/1962 The Bluebell Railway 19/09/1987   09/1990
Class 73 73005 04/08/1962 Mid Hants - Watercress Line 09/1988  
Class 73 73101 13/10/1965 Brighton Evening Argus 03/12/1980  
Class 73 73100 13/10/1965 Brighton Evening Argus 03/12/1980  
Class 73 73109 01/1966 Battle of Britain - 50th Anniversary 08/09/1990  
Class 73 73116 03/1966 Selhurst 09/1986 Named during a staff open day held to mark the completion and full opening of the new EMU/locomotive Level 4 inspection facility.
Class 73 73210 03/1966 Selhurst 09/1986 Named during a staff open day held to mark the completion and full opening of the new EMU/locomotive Level 4 inspection facility.
Class 73 73118 03/1966 The Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway 08/05/1987 The nameplate was, at the time, the largest on any BR locomotive.
Class 73 73125 05/1966 Stewarts Lane 1860-1985 22/09/1985 Plates were cast at Swindon and fitted on 20th September at Stewarts Lane depot under the supervision of M&EE representative Lee Chatfield.
Class 73 73204 05/1966 Stewarts Lane 1860-1985 22/09/1985 Plates were cast at Swindon and fitted on 20th September at Stewarts Lane depot under the supervision of M&EE representative Lee Chatfield.
Class 73 73126 06/1966 Kent & East Sussex Light Railway 23/05/1991 The locomotive had to be transported by road from Sevington to Northiam, the first time an operational BR locomotive had visited a private railway that was not rail connected.
Class 73 73133 08/1966 The Bluebell Railway 06/09/1990  
Class 73 73134 19/09/1966 Woking Homes 1885-1985 19/10/1985  
Class 73 73138 11/1966 Post Haste - 150 Years of Travelling Post Offices 16/05/1988  
Class 73 73142 01/01/1967 Broadlands 25/09/1980 Lord Mountbatten was killed by an IRA bomb on 27th August 1979 while aboard his yacht off the Irish coast. This locomotive was used to haul his funeral train ECS from Clapham Junction to Waterloo on 5th September 1979 and was subsequently named in honour of it's role.
Class 73 73201 01/01/1967 Broadlands 25/09/1980 Lord Mountbatten was killed by an IRA bomb on 27th August 1979 while aboard his yacht off the Irish coast. This locomotive was used to haul his funeral train ECS from Clapham Junction to Waterloo on 5th September 1979 and was subsequently named in honour of it's role.