Gaugemaster GM2210604 N Gauge Class 33 33012 BR Blue With Yellow Wrap Around Cabs

Gaugemaster GM2210604 N Gauge Class 33 33012 BR Blue With Yellow Wrap Around Cabs

Name: Cheltenham Model Centre
Telephone: +44 (0)1242 523 117 or 234 644

Product Code: GM2210604

Manufacturer Number: GM2210604
Condition: New
Category: Model Railways, Locomotives, Diesel Locomotives
Brand: Dapol, Gaugemaster
Range: Gaugemaster 2022
Loco Class: Class 33
Era: Era 7: British Rail TOPS 1973 - 1985
Livery: BR Blue
Scale: 1:148
Gauge: N
DCC Type: DCC Ready
DCC Pin: Next 18

£127.46

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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. This was achieved, quite simply, by removing the steam heating boiler and fitting a larger 8 cylinder version of the previous 6 cylinder engine.

This was possible because of the traffic requirements of the Southern Region: locomotive-hauled passenger traffic depended on seasonal tourist traffic and was heavier in the summer, when carriage heating was not needed. In the winter, their expected use was to be for freight. Thus, they became the most powerful BR Bo-Bo diesel locomotive. The perennially unreliable steam heating boiler could also be avoided.

A total of 98 were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) and they were known as 'Cromptons' after the Crompton Parkinson electrical equipment installed in them. Like their lower-powered BRCW sisters, the Class 26 and Class 27 locomotives, their bodywork and cab ends were of all steel construction. They were very similar in appearance to Class 26 locos, but carried Southern Region two-digit headcode blinds between the cab windows. The original (1957) number sequence was D6500#D6597.

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We have been in business for over 40 with the shop located in a few different places around the town in that time. We are now located at the Eastern end of Cheltenham High Street.

As well as stocking the latest plastic kit, diecast and model railway releases we have a big selection of slot cars and modelling tools.

We are able to carry out repairs on radio control cars & model railway locos, including DCC & DCC Sound fitting.

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Cheltenham Model Centre

39 High Street
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 1DX
England

+44 (0)1242 523 117 or 234 644
sales@cheltenhammodelcentre.com

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