The British Rail Class 33, also known as the BRCW Type 3 or Crompton, is a class of Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives, ordered in 1957 and built for the Southern Region of British Railways between 196
A Class 33 at Woking, c. 1978
Class 33 'Crompton' 33033 at Dartford Station in wintery conditions in February 1991. It is seen here coupled up to a pair of 4-EPBs, ready to haul the units to Charing Cross.
33208 in BR civil engineers livery at Eastleigh, 1995
A pair of 33s - D6527 and D6505 at Oxford with a Bromford Bridge to Fawley oil train in 1964
The British Rail Class 73 is a class of electro-diesel locomotives. This type is unusual in that it can operate on the Southern Region's 650/750 V DC third rail power supply, or an onboard diesel engi
British Rail Class 33
…D6532, D6533, D6535, D6536 and D6538) entered Eastleigh Works, to be fitted with a modified version of the push-pull apparatus – fully compatible with Class 73 and Class 74 electro-diesels and indeed any electro-pneumatically controlled (EP) multiple unit stock. They emerged, painted in the new BR corporate…
A GB Railfreight Class 73/9 at Connel Ferry in 2016
Class 73/1 73101 in BR blue livery
Class 73 no. E6013 (73107) at Rowsley South, on the Peak Railway in 2003. This locomotive was on loan from Fragonset Railways and has since returned to main-line service.
A British Rail Class 73 with a parcels van and carriages under British Rail carrying the mail in 1986 through Clapham Junction.