Class 31 - 31418 BR Blue Nuclear ETH bufferbeam configuration with ETH/air/vac/control/MW

ETH bufferbeam configuration with ETH/air/vac/control/MW pipes

it was retired and sold to Harry Needle in August 2015

• NEM Standard Coupler Pockets in 'kinematic' Fittings

At this time

It was completed in 1945 and allocated the WD number 75310

Class 31 - 31418 BR Blue Nuclear ETH bufferbeam configuration with ETH/air/vac/control/MW31418 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