#br class 31

[the-time-lord-oracle]

Mainline Freight appreciation:

An appreciation of Mainline Freight blue livery, as worn by a number of diesel locomotive classes in the mid 1990's. It's a shame the company was destined to be short-lived, as their livery was very smart and stylish. Still, the livery did persist into the 21st century on locos that EWS couldn't be bothered to repaint.

[the-time-lord-oracle]

31204 and 31224 pass at Farringdon with suburban services to and from Moorgate in 1976. This was the last year of GN suburban services running over the Widened Lines, as later that year, services to Moorgate would be rerouted over the Northern City Line from Finsbury Park as part of the Great Northern Suburban Electrification scheme.

[the-time-lord-oracle]

The 1988 Staples Corner accident. Two class 31s were stabled in Cricklewood yard when a disgruntled BR employee let the handbrakes off and the two locos rolled away along a siding, crashed through the buffers and came to rest on the North Circular. I wonder what the traffic report had to say about this!