Class 31 - 31418 BR Blue Nuclear ETH bufferbeam configuration with ETH/air/vac/control/MW

ETH bufferbeam configuration with ETH/air/vac/control/MW pipes

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

Based in Donnybrook Garage

In 2016 it had a brush with export as DB lined it up for a transfer to Eastern Europe

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

Class 31 - 31418 BR Blue Nuclear ETH bufferbeam configuration with ETH/air/vac/control/MW31418 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