Class 73 - E6016

Current Number : E6016
Numbers Carried : E6016, 73110
Built : English Electric at Vulcan Foundry in 1966
Withdrawn from service : May 2002
Engine : English Electric 4SRKT giving 600hp also has third rail shoes to be powered via the 3rd rail instead of using the diesel engine.
Top Speed : 90 MPH
Brakes : Air & vacuum brakes
Route Availability : 5

E6016 was built by English Electric and started life out on the Southern Region at Eastleigh. In the 1980s she became a regular performer on the former. Gatwick Express services and worked with Dutch Civil Engineers livery, British subsidiary later on, until being chosen for preservation in 2004. She moved to the Churnet Valley Railway, and was repainted into her current livery there in 2006. Just months later she was moved yet again to Long Marston Sidings for two years and ended up at Ruddington in 2008, where she operates at most special events. BR Electric Blue (half-yellow ends).