Offering an brand new 00 gauge especially developed by “Heljan Railways” as an exclusive for Locomotion Models Exclusive model: 3363. This Class 33/0 D6535 is offered in BR Blue Hertfordshire Rail Tours.
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.
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.
A total of 98 were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company (BRCW) and they were known as “Cromptons” after the Crompton Parkinson electrical equipment installed in them.
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