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BR Class 31 No.D5614 (IB66) on a passenger service Nr Welwyn Tunnels - mid to late 1960’s Don Smith Collection -
BR Class 31 No.D5625 (IB66) on a passenger service in between the Welwyn Tunnels - mid to late 1960’s Don Smith Collection -
BR Class 31 No.D5652 (3B64) with a parcels train at Welwyn North Tunnels - mid to late 1960’s Don Smith Collection -
BR Class 31 Nos.31 006 & 31 008 At Stratford Depot -
BR Class 31 Nos.31 165 & 31 224 At Cossington,Liecestershire hauling a stone train June 1990 -
BR Class 31 Nos.31 180 & 31 224 At Mirfield with a tanker train April 1987 -
BR Class 31 Nos.31 238 & 31 306 at Cossington,Leicestershire double heads a tanker train April 1988 -
BR Class 33 Crompton No.33046 MERLIN Waiting at Grain Yard with a ballast train - 1986/87 Scrapped in 2017 Dave Cobbe Collection Notes:-History
Date Event Location / Notes Jul 1961 To traffic BRCW Works No. DEL156 Jul 1961 Allocated Hither Green Dec 1973 Re-numbered 6564 to 33046 Mar 1985 Overhaul Eastleigh Works Nov 1985 Re-allocated Stewarts Lane Jul 1991 Re-allocated Eastleigh Oct 1991 Named "Merlin", Eastleigh Depot Mar 1994 Re-allocated Stewarts Lane Sep 1997 Re-allocated Eastleigh Jan 1998 Withdrawn Eastleigh Dec 2001 Sold Fragonset, Eastleigh Jan 2003 Moved Carnforth Apr 2003 Partial Overhaul Rothley, GCR Aug 2003 Partial Overhaul Fragonset, Derby Feb 2007 Sold Edward Stevenson, RTC Derby Mar 2007 Sold BRCW, Midland Railway Centre Jul 2013 Sold 33117 Group, Bury ELR Apr 2023 Scrapped Bury ELR -
Class 33 No.33027 Earl Mountbatten of Burma at Clapham Junction Station - 9.12.1984. The Dave Cobbe CollectionHistory
Mar 1961 To traffic BRCW Works No. DEL137 Mar 1961 Allocated Hither Green Dec 1964 Re-allocated Eastleigh Jan 1974 Re-numbered 6545 to 33027 Sep 1980 Named"Earl Mountbatten of Burma", Waterloo Sept 1985 Overhaul Eastleigh Works Dec 1987 Re-allocated Stewarts Lane Sept 1990 Re-allocated Eastleigh July 1991 Withdrawn Eastleigh Sept 1992 CutCoopers, Eastleigh East Yard -
BR Class 33 Crompton No.33048 at London Bridge Station - April 1986.History
August 1961 To traffic BRCW works No.Del 170 then allocated to hither green (73C) August 1961 Dec 1973 Re-number6566 to 33048 Apr 1985 Overhaul Eastleigh Works Nov 1985 Re-allocated Stewarts Lane Feb 1997 Withdrawn Stewarts Lane, by EWS Mar 1997Sold Clive Burrows, West Somerset Railway The Dave Cobbe Collection -
BR Class crompton 33 No.33111 at Clapham Junction - 27.5.1988. The Dave Cobbe CollectionHistory
Oct 1960 To traffic BRCW Works No. DEL120 Oct 1960 Allocated Hither Green Dec 1964 Re-allocated Eastleigh Nov 1967 Push-Pull Fitted Eastleigh Works Mar 1974 Re-number 6528 to 33111 Mar 1984 Overhaul Eastleigh Works Jun 1991 Withdrawn Eastleigh Mar 1992 Sold Class 33/1 Preservation Group, Eastleigh Feb 1993 Moved Class 33/1 Preservation Group, St Leonards Jan 2002 Moved Class 33/1 Preservation Group, Barrow Hill Jun 2008 On Loan Swanage Railway Feb 2010 Named "HOT DOG" Swanage Railway -
BR Class 37 No.37137 Clyde coming round Kingsthorpe Curves with the ex 1345pm from Grosmont on Diesel Day - 27.4.1991 Don Smith Collection -
BR Class 37 No.37426 (EWS Livery) Waits at Llandudno Station - July 2000 Dave Cobbe Collection Notes:- British Rail put D6999 into service in August 1965. It was renumbered 37299 in February 1974 then rebuilt and renumbered 37426 in February 1986. Scrapped at C F Booth ,Rotherham - March 2013then rebuilt and renumbered 37426 in February 1986. -
BR Class 40 No.40091 at Wakefield Westgate to Kirkgate with an empty car train . Date unknown. Different view to Ref. SA 0265. Copyright : Steve Armitage Archive Photographer : Steve Armitage -
BR Class 40 No.40091 at Wakefield Westgate with an empty car train . Date unknown. Copyright : Steve Armitage Archive Photographer : Steve Armitage -
BR Class 42 Warship No.D842 GREYHOUND at Grosmont repainted in Blue - 21.4.1999 Don Smith Collection
