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**Numbers Carried**
Type	Number	Date From	Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops)	D6540	21/01/1961
TOPS (Tops)	33022	02/1974

Locomotive Specifics

Class as Built

Subclass/Rebuild History

Class	From
33/0	21/01/1961

Wheel Arrangement

Bo-Bo

Builder

Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company

To Service

21/01/1961 to Hither Green (73C)

Withdrawn

24/12/1989

Time in Service

28 yrs, 11 mths , 3 dys

Cut Up

on 24/09/1991

Cut At

MC Metals (Springburn)

Status

Scrapped

**Liveries Carried - WIP**
Code	Colour	Date From
GNP	Green with white cab window surrounds and white waistline band on bodyside	21/01/1961
BFYE	BR Blue bodywork, full yellow cab front	by 06/1969

**Allocations - WIP**
Code	Name		From Date
73C	Hither Green (New)	on	21/01/1961
70D	Eastleigh	m/e	17/08/1964
	Withdrawn	on	24/12/1989

**Configuration - WIP**
Date	Configuration	Description	Additional	Diagram	Source
21/01/1961	xe	Dual brakes, Electric Train Heating

**Fires**
Date of Fire	Severity	Damage	Source of Fire	Material	Details	Location
20/10/1964	Not severe		Brake block sparks	Oil impregnated dirt or waste

**Summary**
Start	Event	Details
21/01/1961	To Service	To service as British Railways number D6540 Built at Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Allocated to Hither Green (73C) Livery applied: Green with white cab window surrounds and white waistline band on bodyside
17/08/1964	Allocation	Reallocated to Eastleigh (70D)
06/1969	Livery	Change of livery to BR Blue bodywork, full yellow cab front
02/1974	Renumbered	Renumbered to 33022
24/12/1989	Withdrawn	Condemned as 33022
24/09/1991	Scrapped	Broken up by MC Metals: Springburn

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