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Photo of 97201 at Cambridge Open Day

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  • 97201 - Test Train Locomotive "EXPERIMENT"

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  • Ben

    8 April 2003, 08:49:02

    After withdrawal this Class 24 (24061) was taken over by the RTC to provide motive power for test trains and was first renumbered RDB968007 (later renumbered to 97201) and named "EXPERIMENT."

  • Jack Deeth

    8 July 2006, 18:44:43

    This locomotive is now preserved and is a staple source of motive power on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

  • robert munday

    26 August 2012, 15:18:00

    When did they stop using this loco and did it eever work on the mainline? - thanks

  • Steven Hill

    4 September 2012, 23:02:38

    97201 was used very regularly on the mainline, quite often double-heading with 97403 (IXION) hauling most test trains between 1975 and 1988 when it was replaced by 97203 which subsequently caught fire and was replaced by 97204, both class 31's.

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