Class 31 - BR Blue - 31138 - DCC Sound Fitted Irish Railway Models around five weeks after working

around five weeks after working its last train

when it was named “Thoresby Colliery” and outshopped in a gleaming coat of Triple Grey with Coal Sector branding

Mark 2b SO (ex-FO) - 921

60022 became unique in its class by being outshopped in primer and entering traffic in this unfinished state

Thames Mills was closed and transferred into the ownership of Bowaters’ Northfleet Terminals Ltd group and in 1981 412427 was donated by NTL to the fledging North Downs Steam Railway

Class 31 - BR Blue - 31138 - DCC Sound Fitted Irish Railway Models around five weeks after working31138 BR blueJust 20 of the production build of 243 Brush Type 2s retained the disc headcode arrangement and cab roof mounted horn enclosure making them externally very similar to the pilot scheme Toffee Apples, although without the distinctively shaped power handle that gave the latter their nickname. Our chosen example is BR Blue 31138, an incredible survivor, which was the last unrefurbished skinhead to remain in traffic. The former D5556 of