Class 33
The Class 33 is a diesel loco from the UK in Train Sim World. Another DLC brings it to 6 routes.
Picture: BR Class 33, Dovetail Games.
Where you can drive it
With another DLC
Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.
- Cathcart Circle Line: Glasgow - Newton & Neilston: with BR Class 33
- East Coastway: Brighton - Eastbourne & Seaford: with BR Class 33
- London Overground Suffragette line: Gospel Oak - Barking Riverside: with BR Class 33
- Medway Valley Line: with BR Class 33
- Southeastern Highspeed: London St Pancras – Ashford Intl & Faversham: with BR Class 33
- West Somerset Railway: with BR Class 33
In the game
Names in Dovetail's lists: Class 33, BR Class 33, Class 33 GRN.
In these DLCs: BR Class 33.
From Dovetail's store page
- BR Class 33 Crompton diesel-electric locomotive in BR Green livery
The real thing
The BRCW Type 3, or "Crompton", a Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotive built for the Southern Region of British Railways between 1960 and 1962. Leaving out the steam heating boiler let it carry a bigger engine, making it the most powerful BR Bo-Bo diesel of its time.
- Built by: Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (Wikipedia)
- Built: 1960–1962 (Wikipedia)
- Number built: 98 (Wikipedia)
- Operators: Southern Region of British Railways, West Coast Railway Company (Wikidata)
- Top speed: 85 mph (137 km/h) (Wikipedia)
- Power: Engine: 1550 bhp (1,156 kW), At rail: 1215 hp (906 kW) (Wikipedia)
- Wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′ (Wikipedia)
- Power type: Diesel-electric (Wikipedia)
Photo: Barry Lewis, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
From the English Wikipedia article British Rail Class 33 and Wikidata.
Sources. Dovetail's public DLC database and Steam store pages; English Wikipedia and Wikidata for the real train.