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Numbers Carried
Type Number Date From Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops) D5803 22/06/1961  
TOPS (31/1) 31273 17/11/1973  

Locomotive Specifics
Class as Built 30
Subclass/Rebuild History
ClassFrom
30/222/06/1961
31/110/08/1967
Wheel Arrangement A1A-A1A
Builder Brush Traction, Loughborough
Works Number 304
To Service 22/06/1961 to March (31B)
Withdrawn 12/04/2001
Time in Service 39 yrs, 9 mths , 21 dys
Cut Up m/e 05/2004
Cut At C F Booth (Rotherham)
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. 22/06/1961

Allocations - WIP
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
31B   March (New) on 22/06/1961
40A   Lincoln w/e 24/08/1963
40B   Immingham w/e 17/05/1969
81A   Old Oak Common w/e 08/01/1972
82A   Bristol Bath Road w/e 11/11/1972
OC   Old Oak Common w/e 12/05/1973
     Withdrawn on 12/04/2001

Modifications - WIP
Date Modified Order Number Modification Status Charged to Capital Charged to Revenue Total Cost
10/08/1967   Reclassified from 30 to 31        
by 30/10/1970   EQ Brakes Added        
by 05/12/1970   EQ Brakes Added        
01/1972   Western Region AWS (ATC) fitted        
06/1974   Air Brakes fitted        
06/1974   EQ Brakes Removed        
by 04/1977   Western Region AWS (ATC) removed        

Configuration - WIP
Date Configuration Description Additional Diagram Source
22/06/1961 vb Vacuum brakes, Steam heat      
by 30/10/1970 vb Vacuum brakes, Steam heat EQ Brakes    
by 05/12/1970 vb Vacuum brakes, Steam heat Modified Triple Valve & EQ Brakes    
01/1972 vb Vacuum brakes, Steam heat WR ATC, Modified Triple Valve & EQ Brakes    
06/1974 xb Dual brakes, Steam heat WR ATC, Modified Triple Valve Brake    
by 04/1977 xb Dual brakes, Steam heat Modified Triple Valve Brake    


Summary
Start Event Details Source See Also
22/06/1961 To Service To service as British Railways number D5803
Built at Brush Traction, Loughborough, Works Number 304
Allocated to March (31B)
Livery applied: Green with white bodyside bands at base of body and middle of body.		    
24/08/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Lincoln (40A)    
10/08/1967 Modification Modification: Reclassified from 30 to 31    
17/05/1969 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (40B)    
30/10/1970 Modification Modification: EQ Brakes Added    
05/12/1970 Modification Modification: EQ Brakes Added    
01/1972 Modification Modification: Western Region AWS (ATC) fitted    
08/01/1972 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (81A)    
11/11/1972 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
12/05/1973 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (OC)    
17/11/1973 Renumbered Renumbered to 31273    
06/1974 Modification Modification: Air Brakes fitted    
06/1974 Modification Modification: EQ Brakes Removed    
04/1977 Modification Modification: Western Region AWS (ATC) removed    
12/04/2001 Withdrawn Condemned as 31273    
05/2004 Scrapped Broken up by C F Booth: Rotherham    

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