cheesysmith Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 3 hours ago, John Tomlinson said: A couple from June 16th 1978 at Peterborough. Entering the station with 1E80, 16.40 Birmingham New St. - Norwich is 31244/ D5672, one of the handful with the tablet catcher recess for High Dyke, still visible towards the back of the loco. Also an unidentified member of the class with Presflos leaving the yard - I wondered if the white dusting meant they might have been used on the cement traffic from Ketton. John. The second photo shows that this 31 still had its nose doors, not plated over like the first one. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 There was a brief period during the early Tops era when a small number of 31s carried 31/0 numbers before being converted to eth fitted 31/4s, one example being 31 140 which only carried this number from March to November '74 before becoming 31 421, here it is at Gateshead on 5th April 1974, photo by Russell Saxton.... 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grid56104 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 some shots at M C Metals at BRML Springburn. The end of the road for these 31s. Max Fowler 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted April 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2020 13 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: There was a brief period during the early Tops era when a small number of 31s carried 31/0 numbers before being converted to eth fitted 31/4s, one example being 31 140 which only carried this number from March to November '74 before becoming 31 421, here it is at Gateshead on 5th April 1974, photo by Russell Saxton.... Seeing this picture with gangway doors still present not sure if the bellows were still fitted by this time . I know they were very rarely used but I wonder when the last time they were used, was there ever a notice issued saying they were not to be used. I believe in preservation only the Co-Bo still has them fitted 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rugd1022 Posted April 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2020 Photo by Jonathan Cordle : 31 411 at Norwich in 1985... 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tackleberry Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted April 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2020 Nice to see 5518, there isn't many unrefurbrished 31s in preservation 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 31 117 on a little jaunt away from its Old Oak home, at Chard Junction in 1982.... 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tackleberry Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 1 hour ago, russ p said: Nice to see 5518, there isn't many unrefurbrished 31s in preservation I had a work job to the Avon Valley Railway (hence the coach in one of the pics) but I’m not too up on my 31s... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted April 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2020 31117 looking a bit sad 31117 by john brace, on Flickr 20077 by john brace, on Flickr odd one out 31215 with no head code box 31215 by john brace, on Flickr 31302 with extra grills for having an uprated engine for a while 31302 by john brace, on Flickr 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted April 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, jbqfc said: 31117 looking a bit sad 31117 by john brace, on Flickr 20077 by john brace, on Flickr odd one out 31215 with no head code box 31215 by john brace, on Flickr 31302 with extra grills for having an uprated engine for a while 31302 by john brace, on Flickr I remember 215 being around a lot on Teesside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted April 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, russ p said: I remember 215 being around a lot on Teesside i have 65 sightings over the period 87-90 it was always on the Eastgate cement trains 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Some visiting class 31 action from the Keighley and Worth Valley... this would have been the 2014 diesel gala but I cannot remember which line it was visiting from. Leaving Oxenhope on the Friday I think (we had our middle-foster daughter off school with a broken leg, and took her up to Oxenhope for a picnic to watch the trains). It looked good in the experimental livery... but not nearly as good (in my opinion) as; Visiting from the Chinnor line for the 2019 gala. Seen as tail-end-Charlie on the very distinctive convoy; Class 50, class 47, prototype HST and carriages, and the 31. Bingley Station. Near Damems. I really took to this loco, having not really been a fan of 31's before, and would still quite like a model of it at some point. One final oddity; March 2010 at Ribblehead/Blea Moor I'm afraid I don't have any details on the working, as these were the days before RTT (not that there's internet signal up there anyway), I was just out for a walk one weekday and it tootled past out of the gloom. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 D5853 at Retford on 18th January 1969... 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 that 31 on the s&c is 31454 I think. Probably on route learning, remember seeing them knocking about doing such about then. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted May 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) I didn’t see the 31s arriving until it was almost too late so this is a bit of a grabbed shot to try to get the departing 33 in as well. The platform end would have afforded a better shot but there were some big boys already there 31230 and 31414 arrive at Bristol Temple Meads whilst in the background, 33025 heads off towards Cardiff with a train from Portsmouth. September 6th 1986. Edited May 12, 2020 by Western Aviator 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Some of mine from Rhyl, N Wales 31282 on the down loop with an engineers train 18th September 1987. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Some of mine from Rhyl, N Wales 31411 in the engineers sidings 19th February 1990., 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Some of mine from Rhyl, N Wales 31444 in the engineers sidings 8th March 1989. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 A bit of a crappy shot in Holbeck 5-8-73 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrea506 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Sad memories of these locos, the very last train I saw on the GC at New Basford before closure was a Stanton Ironworks double headed by 31s and the last train I saw on the Boston-Spalding line was 2 of them running light. Funny how childhood memories can stick! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Photo by Jim Hardwick, 5639 at Stratford, 14th May 1971.... 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Immingham 1970 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 On 18/05/2020 at 10:02, Rugd1022 said: Photo by Jim Hardwick, 5639 at Stratford, 14th May 1971.... Looks very ex-works, and very early date for that central arrow livery. Possibly one of the first to appear. Paul J. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slg Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 A lucky day at Carlisle back in 2009 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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