British Rail Class 33
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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
British Rail Class 26
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The British Rail Class 26 diesel locomotives, also known as the BRCW Type 2, were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company at Smethwick in 1958–59. Forty seven examples were built an
British Rail Class 33
…the Southern Region of British Railways between 1960 and 1962. They were produced as a more powerful Type 3 (1,550 bhp) development of the 1,160 bhp Type 2 Class 26. This was achieved, quite simply, by removing the steam heating boiler and fitting a larger 8 cylinder version of the previous 6 cylinder engine. This…
26037 at Carlisle in 1987
The first of the class (D5300) at Harringay in 1959, wearing original livery
26041 at Carlisle in 1991
Restored 26007 on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, 2021