Summarised details, as released in Newsletter 56 of Dec. 201033 063 : Vehicle Maintenance Instructions (VMIs) have been introduced on 33063, the aim of which is to ensures that all safety systems and certain electrical, control and mechanical systems are…
Summarised details,as released in Newsletter 55 of July 201033 063 : has been running well on its three traction motors. The triple pump still has the annoying drip from seal when stationary but no drip when running. When checked, the…
Placed on 15th Nov. 2010 Distilled details, as released in Newsletters 54 (March/10) 33 063 : There can only be one subject for this newsletter – 63s Triple Pump During the Autumn it became apparent that the earth fault trips…
N/L 53 – Oct/09 33 063 : A tale of one step forward and one step backward during summer 2009. Due to AWS fittings at No2 end not being easily removed, this lift for cleaning had to be a lot…
Placed on 23rd Feb. 2010Tweaked Details, as released in Newsletters 52 & 51 of 2009 N/L 52 – July/09 33 063 : Some problems were encountered on the bogie lift, primarily due to the uneven surface on road 4. In…
Summarised Details as released in Newsletters 49 & 50 of 2008 N/L 50 33 063 : the locomotive has generally been reliable and a good starter. The occasional wheelslip fault pops up, causing the power unit shutdown. The air system…
Placed on 2xth April 2008 Summarised details as released in our July/07 and Jan/08 Newsletters (#47 & #48 resp.) The Return of 33 063 : It was a close call but at 1600hrs on Wednesday 3rd October, 33 063 complete…
Placed on 28th June 2007 Summarised Details as released in our April 2007 Newsletter (#46) (note that these newsletter items were written around mid-March) 33065 – The 2007 UK Tour : 33 065 departed Tunbridge Wells on the morning of the 21st February…
Placed on 22nd Feb.2007 Summarised Details as released in our December 2006 Newsletter (#45) 33 063 (R.J.Mitchell) : much work has continued on the cleaning and painting of the engine room of 33 063. 33063 pictured in soft sunshine with the late…
Placed on 3rd January 2007 Summarised Details as released in our October 2006 Newsletter 33 063 (R.J.Mitchell) : The floating end ‘O’ rings on oil heat exchangers become hard over time so we sourced some new ones and changed these over one day.…