Title: British Rail Class 33 - Wikipedia
Headings: British Rail Class 33
British Rail Class 33
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Contents
Background
Design
Electric Train Heating (ETH)
New-build locomotives
Class 33/0 – standard locomotives
Class 33/2 – narrow-bodied locomotives
Early years
Push-pull operations
Conversions – Class 33/1 – push-pull fitted locomotives
Tramway safety
Accidents and incidents
83301
Preservation
Model railways
Notes
References
Sources
Further reading
External links

Content: 1,215 hp (906 kW)
Tractive effort
Maximum: 45,000 lbf (200 kN)
Continuous: 26,000 lbf (116 kN)
Brakeforce
35 long tons-force (349 kN)
Career
Operators
Former
British Rail ( Southern and Eastern Regions)
Direct Rail Services
English, Welsh & Scottish
Fragonset Railways
Current
West Coast Railways
Various British heritage railways
Class
D15/1, D15/2; 15/6, 15/6A; Class 33, Class 34 (reserved, not used), Class 83/3
Numbers
D6500–D6597; later 33001–33065, 33101–33 119, 33201–33212
Nicknames
Cromptons (All locomotives)
Bagpipes (33/1s only)
Slim Jims (33/2s only)
Axle load class
Route availability 6
Disposition
3 still in service, 24 preserved, 2 stored, remainder scrapped
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. 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 was possible because of the traffic requirements of the Southern Region: locomotive-hauled passenger traffic depended on seasonal tourist traffic and was heavier in the summer, when carriage heating was not needed.