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South West Trains Class 73/1. SWT liveried No: 73109 'Battle of Britain 50th anniversary' on display at the South West Trains Bournmouth depot open day on Saturday 16th May 1998 at 10:55. Alongside can be seen departmental EMU No: 930301. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co, uk).

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South West Trains Class 73/1. SWT liveried No: 73109 'Battle of Britain 50th anniversary' & MK1 AB21/BSK No: 35465 on display at the South West Trains Bournmouth depot open day on Sunday 17th May 1998 at 11:47. Alongside can be seen departmental EMU No: 930301. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co, uk).

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In the afternoon of 14/06/99, SWT's thunderbird rescue loco 73109 'Battle of Britain' waits for its next mission at Woking Station, (its nearly always there). Is that 1960's BR green showing through the peeling paint on its cab roof? (Photo by Jon Squire)

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73109 is seen stabled in The Hurdles at Woking Station on the evening of 16/02/04. Photo taken using Fuji Finepix S5000. (c) 2004 Robert Volland.

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Class 73 number 73109 is pictured stabled at Woking. It is used to go and rescue EMUs when they fail. It carries the livery of South West Trains who operate it. Photo and scan by Dave Root (dave@quackduck.org.uk)

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EWS Class 73/1. Derelict 73126 is seen in the company of 09102 (right) while stabled at Old Oak Common depot, London on Wednesday 15th April 1998 at 16:40. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk).

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Class 73 Electro/diesel 73129 'City of Winchester' is seen stabled at Hither Green depot, London on 14-june-97. Photo: Ross Aitken. E-Mail: mailto:aos@cableinet.co.uk

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South West Trains 'Thunderbird' locomotive seen at Clapahm Junction, it was due to two a dead Wessex Unit to Woking. Date circa 18 May 2004. Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker who can be contacted at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. Photographs taken on Canon EOS10D.

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Class 73 'Battle of Britain' Electro-Diesel seen at London Waterloo station on 20 May 2001. This locomotive normally works as a Thunderbird locomotive at is normally based at Woking. It was seen earlier that day at Wimbledon where it took the 'Distrct Line' to Clapham Junction to regain the mainline. Copyright Andy Ducker, taken on DC260A Kodak Digital Camera. My email address is ecml@yahoo.co.uk

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Seen at London Waterloo on 20 May 2001. Copyright Andy Ducker, taken on DC260A Kodak Digital Camera. My email address is ecml@yahoo.co.uk

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Woking, Thursday evening, 2nd June 2005. BoB's got a new coat ! Resplendent in his new South West Trains livery, Class 73 electro-diesel no. 73109 "Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary" stands in Platform 6 at Woking Station, awaiting his next rescue mission. The paint was still so fresh, you could smell it ! Photo by Mark Ziemba, scan by Fuji.

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Woking, Thursday evening, 2nd June 2005. One end of Class 73 electro-diesel no. 73109 "Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary", complete with 73A (Stewarts Lane) shedplate (on this end only). Photo by Mark Ziemba, scan by Fuji.

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Woking, Thursday evening, 2nd June 2005. The nameplate of Class 73 electro-diesel no. 73109 "Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary". Photo by Mark Ziemba, scan by Fuji.

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Woking, Thursday evening, 2nd June 2005. A view from the other end of Class 73 electro-diesel no. 73109 "Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary". Photo by Mark Ziemba, scan by Fuji.

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Woking, Thursday evening, 2nd June 2005. The other end of Class 73 electro-diesel no. 73109 "Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary". No shedplate, but just look at that white pipework ! Photo by Mark Ziemba, scan by Fuji.

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Woking, Thursday evening, 2nd June 2005. More controls than you can shake a stick at ! A look into the cab of Class 73 electro-diesel no. 73109 "Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary". Photo by Mark Ziemba, scan by Fuji.

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Woking, Thursday evening, 2nd June 2005. The numbered end of Class 73 electro-diesel no. 73109 "Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary". The number is (I guess !) at the left-hand end only on each side. Photo by Mark Ziemba, scan by Fuji.

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73129 at Kensington Olympia in 2001. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com

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South West Train's resident 'Thunderbird' loco 'Battle of Britain'... sometimes referred to as 'BoB'... awaits its next call at Woking on the 23rd May 2004. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic.