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Derailed at Sheerness
After withdrawal, it was recorded being moved through Bescot on 14 November 1980<ref>[http://bescotplus.co.uk/shuntersintransit bescotplus.co.uk] (Retrieved 4 August 2023)</ref> and photographed at Swindon works in 1981.
It moved on 6 October 1981<ref name="Nicholls"/> and saw industrial service with Sheerness Iron & Steel Co, where it was fitted with thicker and deeper buffer beams<ref name="Nicholls"/> and carried a lighter blue livery with company logo, red solebar and cab roof, with yellow coupling rods. It retained its BR number but was also crudely numbered with its fleet number '''1'''.<ref>[http://www.uklocos.com/final-results.asp?action=display&Id=5569 UKLocos.com]</ref> At some point, it suffered an 'all wheels' derailment. It was replaced by hired in traction in 1992, though it remained at Sheerness.<ref name="Nicholls">[https://www.flickr.com/photos/36034969@N08/51235928701 Adrian Nicholls on Flickr, 9 June 2021] (Retrieved 4 August 2023)</ref>
After its first spell in preservation (see below) 08133 moved to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Needle_Railroad_Company Harry Needle Railroad Company (HNRC)] and was photographed at [https://mark-beal-tmd.smugmug.com/RetrospectiveRail/Retrospective-Class-08/i-PdC5n5p at Barrow Hill roundhouse on 7 October 2001]<ref name="Beal">Mark Beal images on Smugmug (Retrieved 4 August 2023)</ref>.
