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Numbers Carried
Type Number Date From Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops) D5545 08/10/1959  
TOPS (31/1) 31127 02/1974  

Locomotive Specifics
Class as Built 30
Subclass/Rebuild History
ClassFrom
30/208/10/1959
31/101/1968
Wheels A1A-A1A
Builder Brush Traction, Loughborough
To Service 08/10/1959 to Stratford (30A)
Withdrawn 21/06/1989
Time in Service 29 yrs, 8 mths , 13 dys
Cut Up 12/1989
Cut At Vic Berry (Leicester)
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. 08/10/1959
BFYE BR Blue bodywork, full yellow cab front by 11/1970

Allocations - WIP
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
30A   Stratford (New) on 08/10/1959
31B   March w/e 09/12/1961
30A   Stratford w/e 15/09/1962
32A   Norwich Thorpe w/e 13/03/1965
31B   March w/e 11/10/1969
40B   Immingham w/e 12/08/1972
YK   York (North) m/e 10/1976
HO   Holbeck (MR) m/e 02/1978
     Withdrawn on 21/06/1989

Modifications - WIP
Date Modified Order Number Modification Status Charged to Capital Charged to Revenue Total Cost
01/1968   Reclassified from 30 to 31        
14/10/1970   Air Brakes fitted        

Configuration - WIP
Date Configuration Description Additional Diagram Source
08/10/1959 vb Vacuum brakes, Steam heat      
14/10/1970 xb Dual brakes, Steam heat      


Summary
Start Event Details Source See Also
08/10/1959 To Service To service as British Railways number D5545
Built at Brush Traction, Loughborough
Allocated to Stratford (30A)
Livery applied: Green with white bodyside bands at base of body and middle of body.
   
09/12/1961 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
15/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
13/03/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
01/1968 Modification Modification: Reclassified from 30 to 31    
11/10/1969 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
14/10/1970 Modification Modification: Air Brakes fitted    
11/1970 Livery Change of livery to BR Blue bodywork, full yellow cab front    
12/08/1972 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (40B)    
02/1974 Renumbered Renumbered to 31127    
10/1976 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (YK)    
02/1978 Allocation Reallocated to Holbeck (MR) (HO)    
21/06/1989 Withdrawn Condemned as 31127    
12/1989 Scrapped Broken up by Vic Berry: Leicester    

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