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: 12/1/26

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

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AGM – for all members and supporters, 12 noon, Saturday 14/3/26, Groombridge station meeting room.

33063 – Substantial bodywork repairs have been undertaken on no2 end, batterybox and silencer roof section (replaced). Having been painted into blue primer, 63 operated all its booked turns on the Polar Express during the festive season. The planned full repaint into a change of livery has been deferred until later in 2026 after further bodywpork repairs are completed included on no1 end and all 4 cab door frames.

Updates on progress can be found on the Facebook page shown elsewhere on this page.