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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1961 Dec 1973 Re-number6566 to 33048 Apr 1985 Overhaul Eastleigh Works Nov 1985 Re-allocated Stewarts Lane Feb 1997 Withdrawn Stewarts Lane, by EWS Mar 1997Sold Clive Burrows, West Somerset Railway The Dave Cobbe Collection -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Nov 1967 Push-Pull Fitted Eastleigh Works Mar 1974 Re-number 6528 to 33111 Mar 1984 Overhaul Eastleigh Works Jun 1991 Withdrawn Eastleigh Mar 1992 Sold Class 33/1 Preservation Group, Eastleigh Feb 1993 Moved Class 33/1 Preservation Group, St Leonards Jan 2002 Moved Class 33/1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.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.40446 at Wakefield, Kirkgate (east end) with a hopper train These locomotives were known as "Whistlers" Date unknown. English Electric design,built 1959 (was D246) at Vulcan Foundry,Newton-Le-Willows & withdrawn June 1987. Copyright : Steve Armitage Archive Photographer : Steve Armitage -
BR Class 45 or Sulzer Type 4 No. 45052 BR Blue Livery Waits at Paignton Station - September 1985 Dave Cobbe Collection Notes:- These locos were known as "Peaks" 45052 entered service in 1961 Built at Crewe or Derby Works between 1960 and 1962 Withdrawn June 1988 and finally scrapped at MC Metals- Glasgow September 1991 -
BR Class 47 No.47727 "Duke Of Edinburgh’s Award" At Blaenau Ffestiniog on a Rail Tourer Special from Hull - 5.5.2001 Dave Cobbe Collection Notes:- Nos were D1629/47047 / 47569/ 47727 47727 was also built at Crewe and entered service in October 1964 as D1629. ‘Edinburgh Castle/Caisteal Dhùn Eideann’ is the locomotive’s fifth name, the previous ones being ‘The Gloucestershire Regiment’ (1 July 1990-November 1993), ‘Duke of Edinburgh’s Award’ (11 October 1994-?), ‘Castell Caeffili/Caerphilly Castle’ (December 2002-?) and ‘Rebecca’ (20 September 2007-?) Loco was scrapped in 2010