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Numbers Carried
Type Number Date From Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops) D5599 17/03/1960  
TOPS (31/1) 31178 02/1974  

Locomotive Specifics
Class as Built 30
Subclass/Rebuild History
ClassFrom
30/217/03/1960
31/118/07/1968
Wheels A1A-A1A
Builder Brush Traction, Loughborough
To Service 17/03/1960 to Hornsey (34B)
Withdrawn 23/06/2000
Time in Service 40 yrs, 3 mths , 6 dys
Cut Up 10/2003
Cut At T J Thomson and Son Ltd. (Stockton)
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. 17/03/1960
BFYE BR Blue bodywork, full yellow cab front by 10/1970

Allocations - WIP
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
34B   Hornsey (New) on 17/03/1960
34G   Finsbury Park w/e 30/04/1960
30A   Stratford w/e 25/03/1961
31B   March w/e 15/09/1962
41A   Tinsley w/e 22/08/1964
34G   Finsbury Park w/e 28/11/1964
40B   Immingham w/e 19/06/1965
41A   Tinsley w/e 06/11/1965
31B   March w/e 18/12/1965
40B   Immingham w/e 06/08/1966
34G   Finsbury Park w/e 08/10/1966
55B   York (North) 2w/e 01/01/1972
34G   Finsbury Park w/e 24/06/1972
GD   Gateshead w/e 09/03/1974
HO   Holbeck (MR) m/e 05/1977
     Withdrawn on 23/06/2000

Modifications - WIP
Date Modified Order Number Modification Status Charged to Capital Charged to Revenue Total Cost
07/1968   Reclassified from 30 to 31        
18/07/1968   Air Brakes fitted        
07/1981   Twin fuel tanks fitted        

Configuration - WIP
Date Configuration Description Additional Diagram Source
17/03/1960 vb Vacuum brakes, Steam heat      
18/07/1968 xb Dual brakes, Steam heat      
07/1981 xbt Dual brakes, Steam heat, Extended Fuel Tanks      


Summary
Start Event Details Source See Also
17/03/1960 To Service To service as British Railways number D5599
Built at Brush Traction, Loughborough
Allocated to Hornsey (34B)
Livery applied: Green with white bodyside bands at base of body and middle of body.
   
30/04/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Finsbury Park (34G)    
25/03/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
15/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
22/08/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Tinsley (41A)    
28/11/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Finsbury Park (34G)    
19/06/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (40B)    
06/11/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Tinsley (41A)    
18/12/1965 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
06/08/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (40B)    
08/10/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Finsbury Park (34G)    
07/1968 Modification Modification: Reclassified from 30 to 31    
18/07/1968 Modification Modification: Air Brakes fitted    
10/1970 Livery Change of livery to BR Blue bodywork, full yellow cab front    
01/01/1972 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (55B)    
24/06/1972 Allocation Reallocated to Finsbury Park (34G)    
02/1974 Renumbered Renumbered to 31178    
09/03/1974 Allocation Reallocated to Gateshead (GD)    
05/1977 Allocation Reallocated to Holbeck (MR) (HO)    
07/1981 Modification Modification: Twin fuel tanks fitted    
23/06/2000 Withdrawn Condemned as 31178    
10/2003 Scrapped Broken up by T J Thomson and Son Ltd.: Stockton    

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