South East Locomotive Group

Driver Experience

(Not currently scheduled for the first half of 2024) Have you ever wanted to drive a BR locomotive, or know someone who would? Our ‘Drive a Loco’ package will fulfill that ambition. Click here for more information.

Forthcoming Events

We align with the events calendar of Spa Valley Railway, it can be viewed here.

Membership

What about becoming a member of the S.E.L.G.? Perhaps become an active member in the overhaul of 33065 or get your hands dirty performing maintenance of 33063. We have 3 membership options, including an entry ‘supporter’ level. For more information on our membership, CLICK HERE.

Welcome to the S.E.L.G. website

It’s 3rd incarnation since the early 2000s, our webpages aim to inform readers of our operations, developments and news on aspects of the South East Locomotive Group, as well as other areas of Crompton interest. Built up over many years (14+ looking at the old files) , there is a wealth of information here, contained within the menu bar, above. For the uninitiated, the pages of this site (subect to updating) chart most of the Group’s history  including:-

  • Transporting the two ‘Cromptons’ to the East Kent Railway & their subsequent return to working order
  • Our Cromptons at the Spa Valley Rly. (from 2003)
  • 33063 named “R.J.Mitchell”, Sept. 2005
  • The overhaul of 33065 (commenced 2011)
  • Driver Experience days (also called Drive-a-loco)
  • News and updates on other Crompton activity in the U.K.
  • Articles on Crompton-related subjects; railtours and Class 33’s in bygone years, for example

NOTICEBOARD

LATEST UPDATE: 5/3/24

IMAGES ON THIS WEBSITE – A resolution to lost or misaligned images and adding lost pages is in progress.


The 2024 SELG AGM is confirmed as taking place on the afternoon of Sat. 20/4/24 at Groombridge. Details have been issued to members by email. This will be our 33rd AGM.

33063

Having been resurrected and reactivated at the back end of 2023, the loco’s ETH performed well during its share of the Polar Express events on the lead up to Christmas.

Currently stopped – for replacement of No 5 Rocker Castle with a new spare obtained some years ago.

063 will be stood down for the first half of the year to enable a partial rewire, block replacement of resistors, repairs to cabs, doors, battery boxes and a repaint?

33065

While the problem of securely storing parts and spares for 065 has been resolved, the ongoing restoration is paused while space in the shed at TWW has been at a premium, and attention switches to 33063, certainly during the first half of 2024.

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