Class 31 - 31271 Railfreight Construction GWR 7800 - Manor Class the octet of locomotives allocated

the octet of locomotives allocated to the far north for working passenger and freight trains to Aberdeen

which involved significant reworking of the brake end gangways and the replacement of several windows with grilles

FCA 610150 EWS + West Waste x3 (E124

there is a resurgence happening with the likes of DCR and GBRF who are utilising their fleets of class 60’s for what they were built for

Class 31 - 31271 Railfreight Construction GWR 7800 - Manor Class the octet of locomotives allocated31271 Railfreight Construction One of just five Class 31s to gain Railfreight livery with Construction sub sector decals, 31271 also has the distinction of being the only surviving example to retain the iconic Roundel designed scheme into the present day. Built as D5801 and new to 30A in June 1961, it completed its heavy general overhaul at Doncaster in April 1987 emerging in the soon to be obsolete Railfreight Red Stripe and was notably the last