33 052, 029 & 050 stabled at Stewarts Lane Depot. Battersea. 1993.
Standing in the former steam shed sidings at Stewarts Lane Depot, Battersea are 33 052 named 'Ashford' with sisters 33 029 and 33 050 in line behind.
By this date both 33 052 and 33 029 were both in the BR Southern Region "weekend only" use pool for locos with high engine hours and facing an uncertain future. 33 052 soldiered on until 1995 being used for weekend engineering trains until it was switched off and stored serviceable on 16/01/1995. Passing to EWS ownership in February 1996 it was never reinstated and instead was withdrawn on 13/2/1997 and sold into preservation on the Kent & East Sussex Railway the following month.
33 029 behind also in the NKJR (Network South East Restricted Use) pool faced a more bleak future as six days later it was withdrawn on 17/05/1993. The loco then languished at Stewarts Lane Depot for 9 months in open storage. Seeing as it was mechanically still a runner a stay of execution came in February 1994 when it was reinstated on 11/02/1994 to active service but three months late was stored unserviceable on 21/05/1994, as a non runner its career now looked over. The following year it towed to Toton Depot in 1995 for apprentice fitter training before passing into EWS ownership with privatisation in 1996. EWS then sold it to Harry Needle Railroad Co. in March 1997 who subsequently sold it to DRS (Direct Rail Services) in December 2000. It took over four years before it was mainline approved again after an extensive refurbishment and entered service with DRS based at Kingmoor TMD on 28/04/2005. Amazingly five months later DRS decided they no longer wanted Sulzer type 3's and the focus instead would by English Electric type 3's (class 37's) so they sold their four active class 33's with 33 029 going to West Coast Railways at Carnforth on 15/09/2005 where it remains in active service to this day. So both the BR blue ones in my picture are still with us some 28 years after I took this photo.
33 052, 029 & 050 stabled at Stewarts Lane Depot. Battersea. 1993.
Standing in the former steam shed sidings at Stewarts Lane Depot, Battersea are 33 052 named 'Ashford' with sisters 33 029 and 33 050 in line behind.
By this date both 33 052 and 33 029 were both in the BR Southern Region "weekend only" use pool for locos with high engine hours and facing an uncertain future. 33 052 soldiered on until 1995 being used for weekend engineering trains until it was switched off and stored serviceable on 16/01/1995. Passing to EWS ownership in February 1996 it was never reinstated and instead was withdrawn on 13/2/1997 and sold into preservation on the Kent & East Sussex Railway the following month.
33 029 behind also in the NKJR (Network South East Restricted Use) pool faced a more bleak future as six days later it was withdrawn on 17/05/1993. The loco then languished at Stewarts Lane Depot for 9 months in open storage. Seeing as it was mechanically still a runner a stay of execution came in February 1994 when it was reinstated on 11/02/1994 to active service but three months late was stored unserviceable on 21/05/1994, as a non runner its career now looked over. The following year it towed to Toton Depot in 1995 for apprentice fitter training before passing into EWS ownership with privatisation in 1996. EWS then sold it to Harry Needle Railroad Co. in March 1997 who subsequently sold it to DRS (Direct Rail Services) in December 2000. It took over four years before it was mainline approved again after an extensive refurbishment and entered service with DRS based at Kingmoor TMD on 28/04/2005. Amazingly five months later DRS decided they no longer wanted Sulzer type 3's and the focus instead would by English Electric type 3's (class 37's) so they sold their four active class 33's with 33 029 going to West Coast Railways at Carnforth on 15/09/2005 where it remains in active service to this day. So both the BR blue ones in my picture are still with us some 28 years after I took this photo.