Electro-Diesel history and pictures from the Southern E-Group.
Eastleigh Works Centenary Open Days
Saturday 23rd - Monday 25th May 2009
© copyright photographs by Colin Duff
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| Two JBs, 73119 and 73109 and a JA 73006, three of the Southern Region's most useful Electro-Diesel locomotives. For the uninitiated, these are powerful electric locomotives which also have a small diesel motor and generator so - at reduced power - they can operate away from the electrified system (including sidings where a conductor rail would be considered a safety hazard) and when the power is switched off (such as during engineering works). Headcodes 91 - 93 were appropriately Waterloo and Weymouth via Eastleigh fast, semi-fast and slow, with 93 also being used for
Salisbury - Eastleigh via Southampton (unidirectional). Electro-Diesel history and pictures from the Southern E-Group. |
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| One of the useful things about Open Days is to be able to observe and photograph details at ground level and close up! Above is one side of the underframe of 73006. |
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| Above, this detail shot of the underframe of 73119 illustrates the other side of the locomotive. 73119 was displaying headcode 98 on its other end. It is now owned by Knights Rail. |