31306 @ Trowse July 1997

31306 on route learning duties with Peterborough Drivers at Trowse on July 9th 1997.

31196 at Stratford 1996. It Took Another Five Years To Finally Scrap It!

Brush Locomotive 31196 was built at the Falcon works in Loughborough in 1960.  The Loco’s original number was D5620 and it was allocated to March Depot in Cambridgeshire. It later transferred to Stratford and then to Immingham where it worked for the next twenty odd years.

In 1991 it transferred back to Stratford where it was withdrawn from service in February 1993. 31196 was stored at Stratford until 2001 when it was scrapped on site. It’s pictured here falling to pieces and being cannibalized at Stratford Depot in April 1996. It had to wait like this for another five years before finally being scrapped.

31407 and 31459 at Peterborough April 1996.

31407 and 31459 seen on the Carriage Road at Peterborough Holding Sidings on April 5 1996.

31407 was renumbered from D5640 on December 31 1973 and eventually scrapped in 2006. 31459 was renumbered from D5684to 31256 on the same day and again to 31459 on 14 December 1984. The loco was named Cerberus on June 16 1999. I believe that the loco was allocated to Fragonset Railways at Derby but am not sure about it’s eventual fate.

31352 at Peterborough August 1996.

 

31352 looking about ready to give up the ghost at Peterborough on 18th August 1996.

31113 Peterborough and Connington June 1997.

 

31113 Pictured here at Peterborough Holding Sidings on June 2^nd 1997.

 

31113 was buit by Brush traction in 1959 with a works number of 130.

 

The loco was renumbered from D5531 on 31^st Dec 1973 and was withdrawn from service on 30^th July 2004.  31113 was scrapped by EMC Metals Recy Kingsbury on 31^st August 2008.

 

 

31113 is pictured below on T11 Trip from Peterborough West Yard to Connington Tip on June 7th 1997.

 

 

 

            

 Connington Tip June 7th 1997 with a 225 hurrying by on the Down Main.

31407 at Peterborough Holding Sidings 1996

 

31407 at Peterborough Holding Sidings dressed up in Mainline Freight Livery on 5th April 1996

Connington Tip 1996

Loading up at Connington Tip on 19 April 1996. Must remember to turn off the tail lights before we set sail for Peterborough West Yard!

31271 Stratford April 1996

31271 at Stratford on 5th April 1996. Driver R Phillips in the chair?

31459 @ 31149 Hertford North 1996

 

 

31459 and 31149 in multiple, ballasting at Hertford North on the New Line on 28 April 1996.

37013 & 31165 Peterborough 1996

37013 and 31165 on the Run Round Road at Peterborough Holding Sidings on April 5 1996

31271 at Peterborough Holding Sidings 1996.

 31271 on the fuel point at Peterborough Holding Sidings April 5 1996

31271 on the Carriage Road backed up by 31459 and 31460 at Peterborough Holding Sidings on April 5 1996.

31459 Tottenham South 3 April 1996

31459 at Tottenham South on 3 April 1996

31459 Peterborough April 1994

31459 Peterborough Mayors Walk Depot April 1994

31252 Peterborough 1995

31252 on the Head shunt at Peterborough Mayors Walk Loco Depot 5 April 1995.

31165 Ballasting between Stoke Tunnel and Highdyke

31165 Ballasting between Stoke Tunnel and Highdyke on the East Coast Main Line in February 1995.

08758 and 31283 Stratford Loco April 1996

08758 and 31283 at Stratford Locomotive Depot, East London, UK, in April 1996. Spot the cockney Sparrow logo on the side of the 08.

Ready For The Knackers Yard!

 

Ready for the knackers yard! This class 31 loco was on the stops in Peterborough Spital Yard on 12 April 1996. Fitter from the adjacent Mayors Walk Locomotive Depot were raiding it for spare parts until it was finally towed away to that great scrapyard in the sky!