Class 73 - GBRf (Current) - 73965 Des O'Brien MDO motor-controlled rotary control with end

motor-controlled rotary control with end stop

access for traincrew was limited on the side doors and

then at the Velim test track near Prague in the Czech Republic and

Another victim of the non-standard nature of the Class 37/9s combined with accelerating Class 66 deliveries

and the experiment began with the conversion of ten former Great Northern five-compartment six-wheeled coaches

Class 73 - GBRf (Current) - 73965 Des O'Brien MDO motor-controlled rotary control with end73965 GBRf, Current 73965 entered GBRf service in 2015 alongside 73964. This was completed alongside some of the Phase two locomotives and as such has some paint differences to the first three, notably the grilles and the area above the cab windows. Originally not named, this locomotive was given the name Des o Brien in memory of a GBRf colleague who passed away from Cancer. Notably the naming took place at the same time, on the opposite end of the