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31120, formerly known as D5538, was a diesel engine who worked on British Railways.

Biography

31120 was built by Brush Traction on 2 July, 1959, and formerly had the number D5538, until 1973 when he was renumbered 31120 upon the British Rail TOPS Renumbering scheme.

31120 was once present to take Gordon's passengers at Barrow-in-Furness in 1986, after Gordon's fiery experience when a puncture dampened his fire and he narrowly avoided overheating.[1]

Technical Details

Basis

31120 was based on a British Rail (BR) Class 31 A1A-A1A diesel-electric engine. Over two-hundred and sixty-three members of this class was built from 1957 and 1962, with twenty-six of these engines preserved by heritage railways, such as the Dean Forest Railway and the oldest one is at the National Railway Museum. Ten more of these engines were in preservation but were scrapped from either accidents or to give spare parts to other engines. D5501 is also a member of this class.

Livery

31120 wore BR's Rail Blue livery with yellow ends, black bufferbeams and silver buffers. The engine's number was painted on its cab sides in white.

When first built, 31120 was painted in BR's deep bronze green livery with yellow warning panels, white stripes and a grey roof. The real 31120 was later painted Railfreight grey with yellow warning panels and black cab windows and doors.

Appearances

Trivia

  • 31120 is illustrated with the headcode "1X01". This is seemingly incorrect, as "X" can indicate either "Royal Train" or "out-of-gauge load".
  • In The Railway Series, 31120 did not have the British Rail logo on his sides.

Gallery

The Railway Series

Main Series

References


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