D2033

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Ex BR Class 03s & Class 04s exported in 1972 to Italy

This was the first member of the Class to be built with the 'Flower Pot' style of exhaust. Withdrawn from Norwich December 1971. To Shipbreaking (Queenborough), Queenborough, Kent, during July/early August 1972 although no sightings of it there have emerged. Exported to Siderurgicia Spa, Montirone, Brescia, Italy, August 1972.  Still in use, July 2004. This was thought to have been the last Class 03 existing in Italy until the discovery of the one plinthed at Terlizzi. Careful examination of photographs has concluded that they are different locomotives.

D2033 (left) is pictured in the company of D2036 right) in use at Siderurgica Spa, Montirone, south of Brescia on 31st August 1996.  Mark Jones

D2033 is pictured at Siderurgica Spa, Montorone, Brescia, Italy, date unknown  Francesco Bloisi collection

D2033 still in use at Siderurgica Spa, Montirone, Brescia, Italy on 6th August 2003.  Robert Cruickshank

The most recent picture of D2033 so for discovered is this one showing it in use at Siderurgica Spa, Montirone, south of Brescia on 6th July 2004. Stefano Paolini

Sightings for D2033

Loco Location Date Seen by
D2033 Norwich Depot 12/02/1972 p.245 7/72 RO
D2033 Norwich Depot 01/07/1972 Gerald Brown
D2033 Sittingbourne Goods Yard 01/08/1972 p.47 2/73 RO
D2033 Siderurgica Spa, Montirone, Brescia, Italy 05/09/1991 IRS 5BRD
D2033 Siderurgica Spa, Montirone, Brescia, Italy 01/08/1996 p.209 Deutsche Lokomotiven in Italien
D2033 Siderurgica Spa, Montirone, Brescia, Italy 31/08/1996 Mark Jones
D2033 Siderurgica Spa, Montirone, Brescia, Italy 07/06/1998 David Newton
D2033 Siderurgica Spa, Montirone, Brescia, Italy 08/03/2000 Tom Bartlett 15937
D2033 Siderurgica Spa, Montirone, Brescia, Italy 06/08/2003 Robert Cruickshank
D2033 Siderurgica Spa, Montirone, Brescia, Italy 06/07/2004 Stefano Paolini

 

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