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Numbers Carried
Type Number Date From Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops) D5575 23/12/1959  
TOPS (31/1) 31157 01/1974  
TOPS (31/4) 31424 01/1975  
TOPS (31/5) 31524 30/05/1990  

Locomotive Specifics
Class as Built 30
Subclass/Rebuild History
ClassFrom
30/223/12/1959
31/125/04/1968
31/401/1975
31/530/05/1990
Wheels A1A-A1A
Builder Brush Traction, Loughborough
To Service 23/12/1959 to Norwich Thorpe (32A)
Withdrawn 01/05/1996
Time in Service 36 yrs, 4 mths , 8 dys
Cut Up 08/2006
Cut At Ron Hull Jr. (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. 23/12/1959

Allocations - WIP
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
32A   Norwich Thorpe (New) on 23/12/1959
32B   Ipswich w/e 18/02/1961
32A   Norwich Thorpe w/e 17/06/1961
31B   March w/e 23/06/1962
32B   Ipswich w/e 09/01/1965
30A   Stratford w/e 06/08/1966
32B   Ipswich w/e 11/03/1967
31B   March w/e 11/05/1968
FP   Finsbury Park w/e 09/03/1974
CW   Cricklewood East w/e 09/11/1974
FP   Finsbury Park 3w/e 02/05/1976
BR   Bristol Bath Road m/e 09/1977
CD   Crewe Diesel on 15/05/1988
     Withdrawn on 01/05/1996

Modifications - WIP
Date Modified Order Number Modification Status Charged to Capital Charged to Revenue Total Cost
04/1968   Reclassified from 30 to 31        
01/1975   Air Brakes fitted        
01/1975   Electric Train Heating (ETH) Fitted        
01/1975   Steam heat boiler removed        

Configuration - WIP
Date Configuration Description Additional Diagram Source
23/12/1959 vb Vacuum brakes, Steam heat      
01/1975 xe Dual brakes, Electric Train Heating      


Summary
Start Event Details Source See Also
23/12/1959 To Service To service as British Railways number D5575
Built at Brush Traction, Loughborough
Allocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)
Livery applied: Green with white bodyside bands at base of body and middle of body.
   
18/02/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Ipswich (32B)    
17/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
23/06/1962 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
09/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Ipswich (32B)    
06/08/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
11/03/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Ipswich (32B)    
04/1968 Modification Modification: Reclassified from 30 to 31    
11/05/1968 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
01/1974 Renumbered Renumbered to 31157    
09/03/1974 Allocation Reallocated to Finsbury Park (FP)    
09/11/1974 Allocation Reallocated to Cricklewood East (CW)    
01/1975 Modification Modification: Air Brakes fitted    
01/1975 Modification Modification: Electric Train Heating (ETH) Fitted    
01/1975 Modification Modification: Steam heat boiler removed    
01/1975 Renumbered Renumbered to 31424    
02/05/1976 Allocation Reallocated to Finsbury Park (FP)    
09/1977 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (BR)    
15/05/1988 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe Diesel (CD)    
30/05/1990 Renumbered Renumbered to 31524    
01/05/1996 Withdrawn Condemned as 31524    
08/2006 Scrapped Broken up by Ron Hull Jr.: Rotherham    

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