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Numbers Carried
Type Number Date From Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops) D5577 31/12/1959  
TOPS (31/1) 31159 02/02/1974  

Locomotive Specifics
Class as Built 30
Subclass/Rebuild History
ClassFrom
30/231/12/1959
31/108/1968
Wheels A1A-A1A
Builder Brush Traction, Loughborough
To Service 31/12/1959 to Norwich Thorpe (32A)
Withdrawn 12/06/1996
Time in Service 36 yrs, 5 mths , 12 dys
Cut Up 06/1996
Cut At MC Metals (Springburn)
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. 31/12/1959

Allocations - WIP
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
32A   Norwich Thorpe (New) on 31/12/1959
31B   March w/e 23/06/1962
32B   Ipswich w/e 09/01/1965
30A   Stratford w/e 06/08/1966
41A   Tinsley w/e 15/04/1967
32B   Ipswich w/e 12/08/1967
41A   Tinsley w/e 02/12/1967
31B   March w/e 12/10/1968
40B   Immingham w/e 17/05/1969
31B   March w/e 12/08/1972
FP   Finsbury Park w/e 11/05/1974
IM   Immingham 3w/e 02/05/1976
HO   Holbeck (MR) m/e 05/1977
TI   Tinsley 4w/e 27/11/1977
TI   Tinsley on 04/10/1987
     Withdrawn on 12/06/1996

Modifications - WIP
Date Modified Order Number Modification Status Charged to Capital Charged to Revenue Total Cost
08/1968   Reclassified from 30 to 31        
28/08/1975   Air Brakes fitted        
by 03/1979   Steam heat boiler isolated        

Configuration - WIP
Date Configuration Description Additional Diagram Source
31/12/1959 vb Vacuum brakes, Steam heat      
28/08/1975 xb Dual brakes, Steam heat      
by 03/1979 xi Dual brakes, Isolated boiler      


Summary
Start Event Details Source See Also
31/12/1959 To Service To service as British Railways number D5577
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.
   
23/06/1962 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
09/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Ipswich (32B)    
06/08/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
15/04/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Tinsley (41A)    
12/08/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Ipswich (32B)    
02/12/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Tinsley (41A)    
08/1968 Modification Modification: Reclassified from 30 to 31    
12/10/1968 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
17/05/1969 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (40B)    
12/08/1972 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
02/02/1974 Renumbered Renumbered to 31159    
11/05/1974 Allocation Reallocated to Finsbury Park (FP)    
28/08/1975 Modification Modification: Air Brakes fitted    
02/05/1976 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IM)    
05/1977 Allocation Reallocated to Holbeck (MR) (HO)    
11/1977 Allocation Reallocated to Tinsley (TI)    
03/1979 Modification Modification: Steam heat boiler isolated    
04/10/1987 Allocation Reallocated to Tinsley (TI)    
06/1996 Scrapped Broken up by MC Metals: Springburn    
12/06/1996 Withdrawn Condemned as 31159    

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