The effect of ETH-AirCon on locomotive performance, with an emphasis on classes 33, 47/4, 50 and 52.

[Magdalia]

I'm a bit confused about this; before the Bournemouth electrification I would have thought those trains could have been steam-hauled, and after, the 71s could only work as far as Bournemouth. Didn't think the 71s ever worked on the SWD either so I'm lost

A BRCW Type 3 hauled train with steam heat only stock would need a boiler van in winter.

 

[Cowley]

A BRCW Type 3 hauled train with steam heat only stock would need a boiler van in winter.

Some of the class 24s initially went to the southern region because they were boiler fitted. What duties did they end up on?

 

[Harpo]

Some of the class 24s initially went to the southern region because they were boiler fitted. What duties did they end up on?

There’s an excellent piece about that era on the sulzertype2 website. It also has a list of the locos involved and where they ended up afterwards.

The Southern Region's Real Diesel Pioneers - We’ve worried about the detail, so you don’t have to…

The words ‘Southern Region diesel locomotive’ are, in some circles, all too quickly abbreviated to BRC&W ‘Crompton’. However, this is to simplify matters greatly and ignores a fascinating chapter in railway history. Whilst it is true that the BRC&W Type 3 (Class 33) was created as a bespoke...

sulzertype2.com

 

[ac6000cw]

Good point, though the question then perhaps becomes which was the first to use its ETH equipment regularly in service.

As Manchester - Crewe electrification was completed in September 1960, maybe an AL1 (cl. 81) hauling dual-heat Mk1s when they became available?