Photo BR Class 33002 'Sea King' UK Diesel Loco Through Leamington Spa Stn 1988

Class 33002 Diesel Loco 

Class 33002 Loco at Leamington Spa   Photo: Charles Moorhen

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British Rail 'Crompton' Class 33002 UK diesel locomotive photo, in BR blue livery, passing through Leamington Spa railway station heading in the direction of Banbury on the 8th August 1988.

 

Built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Ltd., at Smethwick, England - one of a total of 98 locos of the class - 33002 (original number D6501) which was at one time named, 'Sea King', was delivered new to Hither Green Depot, Kent, in 1960.

Used on passenger, goods, and 'push-pull' EMU services, locomotive Class 33002 served for 37 years on the British Rail railway network before being withdrawn on the 13th February 1997.  It was temporarily re-instated in January 2002.

33002 was saved from the scrapyard fate of so many of its class by eventually being purchased by the South Devon Diesel Traction Group.

 

 

 
Class 33002, in BR Dutch livery, seen at the South Devon Railway in 2005 shortly after its arrival.  (Photo:  Richard Bruford).

 

 

The loco, the oldest surviving Crompton diesel Class 33, has since been fully restored and is once more in its original working order.

Class 33002 diesel loco can be seen in service at the South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh, Devon, UK.


Class 33 locomotives on YouTube:

Class 33002 at Loughborough.
Class 33002 on South Devon Railway.

Class 33002 on Great Central Railway.

Class 33002 leaves Spanwick Junction.

Class 33s in the 1990s.

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Night Photo Class 168108 Chiltern Railways Clubman DMU Leamington Spa 2016

Class 168108 DMU Train at Leamington Spa Station

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

Chiltern Railways Class 168108 diesel multiple unit UK passenger train, basically a modified Class 170, stands in Royal Leamington Spa station.  

This train night photo was taken during a photo session in August 2016.

The Chiltern Railways Class 168108 DMU was en route to Birmingham Moor Street station.

Class 168108 DMU on YouTube:
Chiltern 168108 at Cheddington.

Chiltern 168108 arrives at Warwick Parkway.

 

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Night Photo Class 220010 Cross Country Voyager DMU Leamington Spa 2016

Cross Country Trains Class 220010 Diesel Multiple Unit, Leamington Spa Station

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

A night photo of UK Cross Country Trains Class 220010  Voyager diesel multiple unit (DMU) passenger train, standing in the station while en route to Southampton Central station in August 2016, as the sky darkens over the town of Leamington Spa.

 

Leamington Spa station, which also sees passenger train services operated by Chiltern Railways, London Midland Trains (now West Midlands Trains) and a fair amount of through freight traffic, seems almost deserted on what was a lovely summer's evening for trainspotting and photographing trains.

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Night Photo Class 220028 Cross Country Voyager DEMU Train Leamington Spa 2016

Class 220028 Diesel Electric Multiple Unit, Leamington Spa

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

Night photo of Cross Country Trains Bombardier Voyager diesel multiple unit, (DMU), Class 220028, stands at Leamington Spa station before continuing on to Birmingham New Street station on the 23rd August 2016.

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Photo GM Class 67017 Arrow Diesel Loco Leamington Spa 2000

Class 67017 Diesel Loco 'Arrow', Leamington Spa Station

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

Class 67 67017, built in March 2000 and allocated to Crewe International Electric T&RSMD, seen here in EWS livery, hauling a Chiltern Railways train, was photographed at Leamington Spa station.

A number of diesel locomotives are giving nicknames by railway enthusiasts, one such example was the once popular, Class 50 locomotives known as "Hoovers", and the Class 67 is no exception; though I wasn't aware of this when I took the photo. 

It was much later that someone on a platform somewhere informed me that they were called 'skips'. I couldn't imagine why they were given that particular name until someone suggested that I imagine the locomotive upside down.

The old saying, “what's in a name”, certainly rang true in this instance.


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Night Photo Class 172344 London Midland Trains DMU Leamington Spa 2016

Turbostar Class 172233 DMU
Photo: Charles Moorhen

London Midland Trains Class 172 344 'Turbostar' DMU photographed parked up for the night at bay platform 1, Leamington Spa station, on the 23rd August 2016.

Class 172344 commuter train was built between 2010 and 2011 and allocated to Tysley TMD (Birmingham).

Class 172344 unit coach numbers are as follows: 50344  56344  79344.

An ideal warm summer's night for photographing a variety of trains.

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Night Photos Various Diesel Multiple Units Leamington Spa Station 2016

Various Diesel Multiple Units Travelling at Night

A  selection of Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) trains photographed at night operated by 'Cross Country', 'Chiltern Railways' and 'London Midland Trains', following a  photography session at Leamington Spa railway station towards the back end of 2016.

Class 220010 DMU at Leamington Spa
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Cross Country Trains, Class 220 220010, 4-car Voyager DMU stands in Leamington spa station before continuing on to Southampton Central.

Class 165006 DMU at Leamington Spa
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Chiltern Railways, Class 165006 2-car DMU, about to leave heading for Banbury.

  Class 172344 DMU 
  Photo: Charles Moorhen 

Standing at platform 1 of Leamington Spa station, London Midland Trains Class 172 DMU 344, is stabled for the night awaiting its morning's work.

  Class 220 028 DMU   
  Photo:  Charles Moorhen

Cross Country Trains, Class 220 028, Voyager DMU about to continue on to Birmingham New Street.

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