Class 31 - 31418 BR Blue Wagon Type_Gypsum Ore At Stargate Colliery

At Stargate Colliery

It now resides at Great Yarmouth and will eventually be restored to its original external condition

It has been a solid performer ever since on the Anglo-Scottish sleeper on both the WCML and ECML ‘diverts’ as well as as the associated empty stock workings

The Driving Cars (DRBFO and DMSO) are supplied with optional extended magnetic front mounted Voith couplings

Class 31 - 31418 BR Blue Wagon Type_Gypsum Ore At Stargate Colliery31418 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