33002 at West Hewish.There's nothing like a good, panned photo and this isn't one of them !!! 20-4-81
33003 resting on Exeter St Davids stabling point between trips over the ex Southern line to Waterloo. 3-5-80
33004 seen at night as it waits to leave for Portsmouth. 20-11-80
33004 stabled in Salisbury station 4-7-81
33005 passes West Hewish 20-4-81
33008 and 31454 trundle out of Bristol Bath Road on a movement to release another loco. 17-5-80
33008 at Patchway on a Portsmouth - Cardiff turn 14-3-82
33012, one of 20 now preserved, at Salisbury tunnel on its way to London 4-7-81
33012 just after departing Corfe Castle on the Swanage railway. 12-5-7
33013 33027 arriving at Bristol 20-6-81
33014 33017 come off the train at Bristol. This turn always produced a 'double header' for a few weeks in the summer 27-6-81
33014 enters Exeter Central on a train from London Waterloo. 3-5-80
33017 passing Severn Tunnel on a Cardiff - Portsmouth 5-8-81
33017 with 4TC unit 410 at Waterloo 9-3-80
33019 at Twerton tunnel 16-3-80
33021 slowing for the Bath stop seen in Sydney Park 18-4-81
33022 ticking over on platform 3 at Bristol Temple Meads as it waits the RA for Portsmouth after arriving from Cardiff. 12-5-80
33025 accelerating out of Gillingham station on a Waterloo - Exeter service. 10-5-80
33027 33013 another double headed turn at Bristol 20-6-81
33027 nameplate
33027 sits at Bristol Temple Meads after arriving from Portsmouth 19-9-80
33028 on a train from Exeter to London Waterloo arrives at Gillingham. 10-5-80
33031 passing through Keynsham on a Bristol - Portsmouth Habour train. 10-5-77
33031 St Denys Jct under recently decommisioned semaphore signals 31-5-82
33052 light engine Bristol 12-7-81
33060 coming into Salisbury 4-7-81
33101 403 at Eastleigh 31-5-82
33107 propells at Grateley with 4TC's 429 & 411 on a London bound train. 4-12-80
33109 33020 approaching Bristol 18-7-81
For completeness with the class 33 pictures on the Weymouth Tramway line, 4TC unit 410 at Weymouth Quay station. 3-4-93
4TC unit 410 being dragged down the branch towards the Quay station by 33109 which has just dissapeared from view around the corner. 3-4-93
4TC unit 410 drips in the rain at Weymouth Quay station. 3-4-93
Seen from the train traversing the streets of Weymouth on a day of torrential rain. A return trip was £10, quite expensive for a 2 or 3 mile return trip but one not to be missed. 3-4-93
33109 proceeds down the Weymouth Quay line from Weymouth station. 3-4-93
A bit of a traffic jam as 33109 wends its way down to the Quay station at Weymouth in torrential rain. 3-4-93
Time for a quick half in the Moorings Bar as 33109 pauses on the track to Weymouth Quay. 3-4-93
33109 with 4TC units 410 & 417 rest at Weymouth Quay after finally making it through the traffic. 3-4-93
The secondman of 33109 checks for clearance as the train inches its way past the parked cars on the way to Weymouth Quay. 3-4-93
Still the rain pours down as 33109 is escorted along the Weymouth Quay branch. 3-4-93
33109 drips in torrential rain as it makes its way back to the main line at the junction just north of Weymouth station. Here the 33 is propelling 4TC's 417 & 410 and was suffering from wheel spin on the wet, rusty track. Amazing to be so close to a main line loco as showers of sparks flew from the wheel sets. 3-4-93
33109 on a pub crawl past the Royal Oak, Ship Inn and the George on its way to Weymouth Quay in the pouring rain. 3-4-93
33110 passes 1101 at Grateley on a Waterloo - Exeter service. 4-8-76
33112 and EMU 7314 at Portsmouth Harbour. 31-10-76
33114 hauls the 1Z24 'Hamworthy Quay Phoenix' through Poole on its way from Hamworthy Quay to Bournemouth. 37902 & 37227 which are being towed at the back of the train, took over at Bournemouth but both failed at Brockenhurst and were removed to allow 33114, once again, to continue towards London. 15-3-92
33116 heads 4TC 417 + one other at Bradford on the Push Pull Farewell railtour 22-1-94
33118 on a passenger for Exeter at Salisbury 4-7-81
33202 on the 6Z28 13:50 West Ealing to Alexander Dock Jct slows as it is about to enter the down loop at Bristol Parkway, some 60 minutes behind schedule. The train is comprised of 2xYDA, 1xZWA and 1xKFA. 2-8-7
33203+33101 'The Crewe Crusader' leaving Bristol Parkway an hour late after being delayed at Andover due to some sort of loco failure ! 10-9-5
D7000 with D7031 waiting to be scrapped in Swindon scrap yard. 18-6-75
Close up of D7000 in the breaking yard at Swindon. A poor quality picture, but just about the first loco photo I took !!. 18-6-75
Hymek drivers controls. D7018 at Bath Road. 29-6-91
Hymek D7018 on display at Bristol Bath Roads last open day on 15-9-91
Hymek D7018 stabled on Bristol Bath Road for the open day on 22-7-91
D7018. Bath Road open day. The old driver has climbed up into the cab and sits motionless, contemplating those earlier days in a Hymek; perhaps a day of banking duties up Ashley Down bank, maybe coal trains in the Somerset coalfields.... 27-7-91
Class 35 Hymek D7029 on the turntable at Swindon. 5-10-80
37001 coming off Bristol Bath Road on platform 13 ready to return to its depot at Thornaby in the North East. Subsequently renumbered 37707 and now stored at Bescot. 28-2-82
37009 stabled at Eastleigh. This loco is now preserved on the Great Central Railway at Nottingham. The other 37 to the left is 37107. 24-1-93
'Dutch' liveried 37010, with rectangular buffers, takes the up loop at Bristol Parkway on a short train of railway sleepers. 20-5-94
37010 coasting down Filton bank 21-7-94
37026 from Stratford on a mail train on platform 13 at Bristol Temple Meads. 23-4-77
37038 Darnall 26-5-81
37047 on one of the summer Saturday specials from the Midlands to the South West. At the time, this loco was based at March and so is a good, rare treat for the local spotters. Bristol Temple Meads. 23-7-77
37059 heads the 1Z14 16:36 Bristol - Cardiff Canton on the approach to Filton Abbeywood station. 37218 is pushing on the rear. 8-4-8
37068 with 33057 to the left and the nose of 37009 to the right, stabled at Eastleigh. 24-1-93
37068 37244 on a freightliner pass Caerleon 24-6-92
37070 Doncaster works 21-8-82
37072 on a short freight at Acton Turville 7-4-95
37073 running light onto Bristol Bath Road depot. 29-1-77
37075 and 31414 stabled at Wirksworth. 6-5-7
37087 and 37194 double head the 1Z73 15:35 'The Kernow Growler' from Penzance to Birmingham through Filton Abbeywood on time. 27-6-9
37097 arriving at Bradford on Avon 5-9-92
37098 on a special at Narroways Jct 8-6-93
37099 with 37502 double heading a steel train through Newport. 27-12-91
37107 stabled at Eastleigh with 37068 to the left and 37009 to the right. 37107 was cut up in May 2001 at Wigan; 37068 was cut at Booths in Rotherham in August 2005 and 37009 is preserved as 37340 at the Great Central Railway, Nottingham. 24-1-93
37114 37203 37402 Bescot 4-5-5
37115 light engine at Bristol Temple Meads. 7-7-76
37131 gives up the single line token at Yeovil Jct after arriving on a short train of domestic coal. The train will be shunted at the north side of the station. 10-5-91
37131 pulling forward from the signal box in order to start shunting the waggons. Yeovil Jct 10-5-91
37131 at Severn Tunnel. 26-2-77
37138 37518 on the rear at Clay Cross Jct 21-9-92
37138 on a milk train at Severn Tunnel Jct heading for the West. 26-2-77
37184 powers past Canton depot in Cardiff passing 37191 and 47146. 6-8-76
37184 Patchway 14-8-81
37185 & 08188 on display at the Cardiff Canton open day on the 1 -10-77.
37189 Llanelli 14-3-81
37229 on the front of 37194 slow down for the left turn at Westerleigh Jct as the 6M67 nuclear flask train from Bridgewater to Crewe. 14-3-7
37194 and 37229 on the 6M67 Bridgewater - Crewe nuclear flask train pass Ram Hill near Westerleigh Jct. 14-3-7
37203 passing Westerleigh Jct on its way to London. Note the axle box running hot in the middle of the train 9-8-93
37213 37695 on the same bit of track at Burngullow 2-5-95
37213 passes 47366 at Oxford on a long rake of coal heading south. 37213 was withdrawn from Cardiff in May 1996 and cut in May 2003 by TJ Thomson in Stockton.The 47, withdrawn from Toton in January 1999 was cut at Wigan MPD by CRDC in April of that year. Seen here on 11-1-92
37213 at the end of the branch at Parkandillack 2-5-95
37213 climbing past Lanjeth 2-5-95
37213 coming off the freight only line at Burngullow jct 2-5-95
37213 delivers a wagon to Kernik Dryers 2-5-95
37213 Parkandillack 2-5-95
37213 waits at Burngullow 2-5-95
The commuters on Filton Abbeywood from the nearby MOD facility seem oblivious to 37059 & 37218 as they form the 1Z14 16:36 Bristol to Cardiff Canton. 8-4-8
37222 on the Friday scrap train at Acton Turville 19-9-92
37227 double heads with 37902 at Hamworthy on the front of the 1Z24 "Hamworthy Quay Phoenix" from London. The 37's didn't fare too well on this trip as both loco's were removed at Brockenhurst on the return journey. 227 with an oil leak and 902 with low amps! So the tour continued behind 33114 which is just visible at the other end of the train. 15-3-92
37227 with 37902 at Hamworthy on the 1Z24 "Hamworthy Quay Phoenix". 15-3-92
37233 Bristol 18-7-81
37240 with 08932 in the background stabled on Severn Tunnel Jct. 30-11-80
37241 & 37231 with 03382 in the background on Bristol Bath Road. 29-11-80
37247 40185 Severn Tunnel 5-8-81
37251 Llanwern 5-8-81
37258 Llanwern 5-8-81
37259 on the front of the 1Z89 16:40 Derby RTC to Old Oak Common with 37608 on the rear as it approaches Bristol Parkway. 23-8-7
37261 with 37510 haul the one wagon 6M67 from Bridgewater to Crewe past Broad Lane, north of Yate, on a chilly afternoon. 18-12-7
37271 at the head of a rake of tanks heading North at Stenson Jct. 4-11-91
37272 running light into Chipping Sodbury tunnel heading east. 15-2-92
37279 Doncaster works 17-6-78
37294 & 37293 light engine at Pixash Lane bridge Keynsham. 14-12-76
37307 03119 Llanelli 14-3-82
37340 47550 pass Elsham 2-9-94
37350 (D6700) and unidentified sister loco descend into Par. 12-5-99
37372 47714 at Salisbury 13-9-92
37377 (ex 37200) and 37077 in long term storage at Bristol Barton Hill. 37377 was withdrawn from Crewe in December 2001 and was earmarked for use in France. On 22-8-8 both locos were transferred to Eastleigh. Then on 9-6-9 both locos were removed by road from Eastleigh and transported to Booths scrapyard at Rotherham. By 16 October 2009, 37377 had finally been scrapped. 14-6-8
37378 at Peterstone 4-6-93
The early morning sun catches 37401 & 37405 on the 1Z58 special from Ealing Broadway to Shrewsbury at Patchway. 22-7-6
37401 fronts 37405 as they accelerates through Patchway station just after stopping at Bristol Parkway. The train is the 1Z58 from Ealing Broadway to Shrewsbury and return. 22-7-6
