Class 73 - GBRf (Early) - 73962 Dick Mabbutt Livery_NIR Maroon NEM coupler pockets fitted with

NEM coupler pockets fitted with narrow tension lock couplers

ECR continued to be known as such until 2021 when it rebranded as DB Cargo France

Designed to accommodate most OO and HO scale locomotives (including tenders on steam engines)

the Metropolitan Railway ordered 32 four-wheeled carriages from Cravens

Sprung metal buffers

Class 73 - GBRf (Early) - 73962 Dick Mabbutt Livery_NIR Maroon NEM coupler pockets fitted with73962 GBRf, Early This loco started life as E6032 and entered service in May 1966. TOPS renumbering saw it become 73125 and then finally 73204 when it became part of the Gatwick express fleet. 73962 was unveiled to the (almost) public at the Wabtec Brush open day in August 2014 carrying a one off all over GBRF blue livery. It was named Dick Mabbutt in a Ceremony in memory of respected Brush Engineer of 40 years Richard Mabbutt who passed away