Class 33

Designed and built by BRCW expressly for the Southern Region, the 98 Class 33's were a direct derivative of the companies Class 26/27 locomotives. Introduced from January 1960, these machines were the first on British Railways to be delivered new with electric train heating. Twelve examples were built with narrow (8' 8") bodies for use on the restricted Hastings line and nineteen machines were later converted to work in multiple with SR EMU stock. Twenty-one Class 33's are currently in preservation.

Engine: Sulzer 8-cyl 8LDA28 pressure charged of 1550bhp (1156kW)

Numbers:
33 001 - 65
33 110 - 19 (Multiple jumpers fitted)
33 201 - 12 (Hastings gauge)

Previous No. Series:
D6500 - D6597.

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Related Website:
71A Locomotive Group

Class Index

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33 106	33 114	D6513	D6520	6590
33 119	6505	33 007	33 020	33 056
33 102	33 008	D6521	33 101	33 111
33 115	6546	33 020	33 111/211	33 1xx
33 050	33 002	33 208	33 050	33 104
33 015	33 022	33 106	33 021	33 115
33 112	33 025	33 025	33 009	33 005
33 101	33 029	33 026	33 012	33 107
33 052	33 017	33 101	33 033	33 056
33 056	33 103	33 023	33 007	33 110
33 108	33 009	33 025	33 037	33 025