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Seen at Railfest 2012, Class 33 number 33207 "Jim Martin" stands in the NRM's yard.

The Class 33 came in three variants, a standard /0 variant for most of the national network, the /1 subclass, which were fitted with push pull apparatus and additional equipment to enable them to operate with southern region 3rd rail EMUs between Bournemouth and Weymouth, and the /2subclass, which was specifically designed with extra narrow bodysides for operation along the Hastings Line, with it's narrow profiles necessitating the use of narrower built stock and the unelectrified status necessitating the use of diesel locos and DEMU Thumper units, later to be replaced by narrow bodied Class 171 DMUs, a variant of the Bombardier Turbostar.

Following privatisation and replacement on the Hastings line, 33207 found a second lease of life with Direct Rail Services, being used on both nuclear flask and acid tank workings, until the small DRS fleet was withdrawn and sold. 33207 escaped the looming cutters torch once again however (DRS hardly ever scrap locomotives), and was reinstated as part of West Coast Railways fleet of diesel traction.

Another item to note is the blue stars above each buffer, these denote the MU working compatibility, being able to work with other locomotives within the "Blue Star" equipped pool. Blue Star indicates the locomotive carries electro pneumatic MU equipment, and can work with a wide variety of diesel loco classes, including the diesel-electro Class 73 locos, but only when those units are under diesel power.

Description
Seen at Railfest 2012, Class 33 number 33207 "Jim Martin" stands in the NRM's yard.

The Class 33 came in three variants, a standard /0 variant for most of the national network, the /1 subclass, which were fitted with push pull apparatus and additional equipment to enable them to operate with southern region 3rd rail EMUs between Bournemouth and Weymouth, and the /2subclass, which was specifically designed with extra narrow bodysides for operation along the Hastings Line, with it's narrow profiles necessitating the use of narrower built stock and the unelectrified status necessitating the use of diesel locos and DEMU Thumper units, later to be replaced by narrow bodied Class 171 DMUs, a variant of the Bombardier Turbostar.

Following privatisation and replacement on the Hastings line, 33207 found a second lease of life with Direct Rail Services, being used on both nuclear flask and acid tank workings, until the small DRS fleet was withdrawn and sold. 33207 escaped the looming cutters torch once again however (DRS hardly ever scrap locomotives), and was reinstated as part of West Coast Railways fleet of diesel traction.

Another item to note is the blue stars above each buffer, these denote the MU working compatibility, being able to work with other locomotives within the "Blue Star" equipped pool. Blue Star indicates the locomotive carries electro pneumatic MU equipment, and can work with a wide variety of diesel loco classes, including the diesel-electro Class 73 locos, but only when those units are under diesel power.