PaxmanValenta
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When I was really young about 1990 I remember going from Newcastle to Plymouth on the XC route and I was sure on one occasion the usual HST service was replaced by a class 73 with MK2 stock. This is back in the days of the grey and red stripe intercity livery.
I didn't know a lot about trains then only a bit of train spotting, but I'm sure it was a class 73 which is unusual as they were mainly used in the Southern region not XC because they use the third rail which is only found in the Southern region.
I know the XC route used HSTs and class 47s back then but it definitely wasn't a 47.
If not what other locomotive could it have been and what locos have been used on the XC route from NE to SW?
I didn't know a lot about trains then only a bit of train spotting, but I'm sure it was a class 73 which is unusual as they were mainly used in the Southern region not XC because they use the third rail which is only found in the Southern region.
I know the XC route used HSTs and class 47s back then but it definitely wasn't a 47.
If not what other locomotive could it have been and what locos have been used on the XC route from NE to SW?
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