31285 and 31201 head south on a grey 20th February 1982 with a southbound train of steel coil.
Locomotive History
31285 was built by Brush at Loughborough and entered traffic in October 1961 as D5817. In June 1967 it was fitted with a 1470bhp English Electric 12SVT power unit in lieu of its unreliable Mirrlees 12 cylinder power unit. After thirty four years service it was withdrawal in July 1995 when it was part of the Transrail infrastructure fleet based at Wigan Springs Branch. Following eight years in store it returned to traffic as part of the Network Rail Infrastructure fleet in October 2003. It is currently (February 2017) stored at Nemesis Rail, Burton. 31201 was built by Brush, Loughborough as D5625 and entered traffic in June 1960. It was withdrawn in February 1999 and broken up by CF Booth, Rotherham during May 2004.
Canon AT1, Ektachrome ED400
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