British Rail Class 74
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The British Rail Class 74 was a class of bi-mode electro-diesel locomotive that operated on the Southern Region of British Railways, rebuilt from redundant Class 71 locomotives in the late 1960s. All
74003 in BR blue with full yellow ends
74004 at Waterloo in 1975.
74 002 at Waterloo
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
British Rail Class 74
…to Weymouth because failures while running on diesel were common and disruptive, and they were usually replaced on Weymouth trains at Bournemouth by Class 33 diesels for the final leg of the journey. This continuing unreliability bred mistrust of the class within BR, negating the point of acquiring them as…
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