33018 at the 'Railway Age', Crewe
Sept./Oct. 2000

Photographs provided by D.Robinson

33018 at the Railway Age, Crewe. 5/9/00 - photo D.Robinson

33018 in early September at the Railway Age, Crewe, receiving external restoration.
Withdrawn as far back as Feb. 1988, 018 spent the next 12 years at the Moreton-in-Marsh
fire training college (15 miles East of Cheltenham) until sold to the Birmingham Railwayman's
Workgroup in mid-2000. Having been stored in the open for more than a decade, the
extent of the corrosion to the cab ends (below) is understandable and all too apparent.

33018 Railway Age, Crewe, early Sept. 2000 - photo D.Robinson


33018 Railway Age, Crewe, 28/10/00 - D.Robinson

By the end of October (pictured here on the 28th) BR Blue and yellow cab
ends had been applied, improving the appearance of 018 significantly.