Class 73 - Caledonian (Current) - 73970 W. S. Sellar

Class 73 - Caledonian (Current) - 73970 W. S. Sellar73970 Caledonian Sleeper, Current The partner to 73966 in its current condition is 73970. This locomotive was converted from JB E6023 73117 which was built in March 1966 at the Vulcan foundry. Converted in 2016, this locomotive became the only namer of the Caledonian sleeper 73s on the 24th of May 2024 when in a ceremony at the Boness and Kinneil railway it was given the name W. S. Sellar in memory of founding member of the SRPS. The name had

Despatched to Anglesey in North Wales

In February 1989 it was transferred to the departmental DWCA pool and with its NSE livery now obsolete and looking tired

BR blue with white trim

60022 remained in its distinctive state for around 14 months

The lack of electric train supply on the new motive power required the addition of a generator coach to each Enterprise formation

either top-and-tailed or double-headed during the summer months

with three Steel Coil loads on each:

advanced decoder programming

These wagons would see use right through the decade until the site was mothballed in 1999

55018 – ‘Ballymoss’

Incidentally

but after running away and colliding with its stabled rake of coaches at Rhymney on 1 August 2005 the locomotive was stored and repairs were not authorised