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Numbers Carried
Type Number Date From Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops) D5544 20/08/1959  
TOPS (31/1) 31126 03/1974  

Locomotive Specifics
Class as Built 30
Subclass/Rebuild History
ClassFrom
30/220/08/1959
31/131/07/1968
Wheels A1A-A1A
Builder Brush Traction, Loughborough
To Service 20/08/1959 to Ipswich (32B)
Withdrawn 14/01/2000
Time in Service 40 yrs, 4 mths , 25 dys
Cut Up 05/1999
Cut At English, Welsh & Scottish Railways (Wigan)
Information 4-digit route indicators
Status Scrapped

Liveries Carried - WIP
Code Colour Date From
GNP Green with white bodyside bands at base of body and middle of body. 20/08/1959
BFYE BR Blue bodywork, full yellow cab front by 08/1968

Allocations - WIP
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
32B   Ipswich (New) on 20/08/1959
40B   Immingham w/e 07/01/1967
32A   Norwich Thorpe w/e 25/03/1967
41A   Tinsley w/e 14/06/1969
31B   March w/e 10/10/1970
41A   Tinsley w/e 30/01/1971
51L   Thornaby w/e 09/10/1971
FP   Finsbury Park 4w/e 06/10/1973
MR   March m/e 10/1977
     Withdrawn on 14/01/2000

Modifications - WIP
Date Modified Order Number Modification Status Charged to Capital Charged to Revenue Total Cost
07/1968   Reclassified from 30 to 31        
by 03/1973   Steam heat boiler drained        
by 11/1975   Steam heat boiler reinstated        

Configuration - WIP
Date Configuration Description Additional Diagram Source
20/08/1959 vb Vacuum brakes, Steam heat      
by 03/1973 vi Vacuum brakes, Isolated boiler      
by 11/1975 vb Vacuum brakes, Steam heat      

Fires
Date of Fire Severity Damage Source of Fire Material Details Location
14/06/1963 Not severe   Brake block sparks Oil impregnated dirt or waste    


Summary
Start Event Details Source See Also
20/08/1959 To Service To service as British Railways number D5544
Built at Brush Traction, Loughborough
Allocated to Ipswich (32B)
Livery applied: Green with white bodyside bands at base of body and middle of body.
   
07/01/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (40B)    
25/03/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
07/1968 Modification Modification: Reclassified from 30 to 31    
08/1968 Livery Change of livery to BR Blue bodywork, full yellow cab front    
14/06/1969 Allocation Reallocated to Tinsley (41A)    
10/10/1970 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
30/01/1971 Allocation Reallocated to Tinsley (41A)    
09/10/1971 Allocation Reallocated to Thornaby (51L)    
03/1973 Modification Modification: Steam heat boiler drained    
06/10/1973 Allocation Reallocated to Finsbury Park (FP)    
03/1974 Renumbered Renumbered to 31126    
11/1975 Modification Modification: Steam heat boiler reinstated    
10/1977 Allocation Reallocated to March (MR)    
05/1999 Scrapped Broken up by English, Welsh & Scottish Railways: Wigan    
14/01/2000 Withdrawn Condemned as 31126    

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