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 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.

The British Rail Class 33 also known as the BRCW Type 3 or Crompton is a class of Bo-Bo diesel locomotives ordered in 1957 and built for the Southern Region of British Railways between 1959 and 1963.

Feb 1, 2021 · Last year marked the 60th anniversary of the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company’s Type 3, better known as the Class 33, or simply the ‘Crompton’. Mark Nicholls recounts the type’s history.

A very unusual event on October 25th was the arrival of a Class 33 at Euston to collect some Royal Train coaches, used to bring Her Majesty The Queen from Balmoral to London, for further delivery to Waterloo.

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 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.

The BR Class 33 is a loco DLC for the West Somerset Railway route. Built during the 1960s for the British Rail's Southern Region, the Class 33's career has lasted for over five decades, with a size-able portion of the 98 units built now in preservation on routes such as the WSR.

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 1960 and 1962.

Class 33 Crompton British Railway's Southern Region turned to the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company (BRC&WC) to construct sixty-five diesel-electric locomotives in response to the BR modernisation plan of 1955 - these would become the most significant diesel locomotive fleet in the history of the South Eastern Division.

The British Rail Class 33 Locomotive was ordered in 1957 and built between 1960 and 1962 by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. A total of ninety-eight were constructed. The locomotive was also known as the BRCW Type 3, …

Jul 29, 2012 · The BRCW/Sulzer/CP Type 3s (later Class 33) were not part of the 1956 Modernisation Plan's initial order for 171 (later 174) locomotives. There was a large gap between the Mixed Traffic Type B orders (maximum of 1,250bhp) and the Heavy Duty Type C orders (minimum 2,000bhp).