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'''33108''' is a '''BR Class 33''' diesel-electric locomotive, owned by the [[Class 33/1 Preservation Company Ltd]]. 33108 first visited the SVR for the 2012 Diesel Gala, and again attended the Spring Diesel Festival in 2017. Following the latter, it has remained at stayed on loan to the SVR for an extended stay, initially until at least May 2018 and later further extended.<ref name="MeetTheLoco">[http://www.svr.co.uk/MeetTheLoco.aspx?id=90 SVR - Operational & non-operational diesel locomotives], accessed 14 January 2018</ref>, and then remained. The SVR list it as a 'home fleet' locomotive.
The Southern Region of British Railways ordered 98 locomotives from Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) of Smethwick, Birmingham (works numbers DEL 92-156, DEL 169-189 and DEL 157-168). The last 12 locomotives were 7 inches narrower, to enable working through the restricted tunnels of the Hastings line. All were delivered between 1960 and 1962 in standard BR loco green, most being repainted BR blue during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The locomotives were of a new design, based on the BRCW Type 2 (later Class 26), with a larger engine. They are powered by a Sulzer 8 cylinder in-line engine of 1,550 bhp, designated 8LDA. The main generator and the four traction motors were supplied by Crompton Parkinson, hence the class's 'Crompton' nickname. The class worked all kinds of duties on the Southern Region including passenger trains, for which they were the first BR diesel locomotives to have electric train heating.
==See also==
*[[Diesel Locomotives]]
*[[Diesel Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas]]
*[[Locomotive numbering|Locomotives running under different identities]]
*[[Diesel Locomotives hired by the SVR]]
*[[Class 33/1 Preservation Company Ltd]]
== References ==
