Class 31 - 31418 BR Blue Nuclear it was retired and sold

it was retired and sold to Harry Needle in August 2015

Based in Donnybrook Garage

Interchangeable printed headcodes with full description covering the first nine years of the class plus preservation era

Incredibly this locomotive is still with us and even appeared in our first production run as DRS 'Regional Railways' heritage repaint 37425

Based on ESU's tried and tested Lokpilot 5 decoder

Class 31 - 31418 BR Blue Nuclear it was retired and sold31418 BR Blue Between 1971 and 1975, 24 Class 31s were upgraded with electric train heating capability (ETH) courtesy of a 320kW Brush BL100 30 alternator, the same as fitted to the similarly modified Class 45 1 Peaks and Class 47 4s. Powered directly from the engine, this provided an impressive ETH index rating of 66, perfect for their expected duties shuttling empty coaching stock (ECS) in and out of Kings Cross, Paddington and St. Pancras as well