31108 Archive

1.   Pre-TOPS no D5526 Vacuum braked.
2.   Entered traffic 16/04/59.
3.   Works no  Brush 125.
4.   Re-numbered 31108 ..02/74.
5.   Withdrawn from traffic  27/09/91.
6.   Reason for withdrawal ..Pistons/Liners.
7.   Final passenger working ..24/02/90  2E38  1616 Carlisle - Leeds (from Skipton in multi with 31243).

Depot Allocations

1. Stratford 16/04/59.
2. Ipswich  11/59.
3. March  05/05/68.
4. Finsbury Park  03/74
5. March  05/77.
6. Stratford  01/80.
7. Immingham 28/02/82.
8. Stratford  03/10/82.
9. March  27/11/83.
10. Stratford 10/05/87.
11. Tinsley  05/07/87.
12. Tinsley  01/01/89 FGWC Pool , later FGOT Pool.
13. Immingham  21/01/90  FPCI Pool.
14. Immingham stored unserviceable 10/06/91 FPYX Pool.

Other notes

1.   Mirlees P/U no  5443-132 installed , 5327-10 removed .....29/05/64.
2.   EE P/U no IH 7206 installed ..07/06/68.
3.   EE P/U no IH 7208 installed...14/05/71.
4.   General overhaul in Doncaster Works.
5.   Boiler isolated 12/84.
6.   HGR in Doncaster Works , Dual Braked ,Boiler removed and repainted from blue to Railfreight Grey....24/11/85 

Notable working

  Hauled The Royal Train conveying HM Queen Elizabeth from Kings Cross to Peterboro  27/03/75.

                                                       31108 Gallery

Still with a full set of discs ,31108 stands facing south at Doncaster Stn on passenger duty..1977 photo John Goodale

'At journeys end' ! 31108 has just arrived at Cleethorpes on 2D60 0948 from Newark Northgate..03/12/83

Heading South , 31108 with a relief train at Sheffield Midland...1984

31108 stands inbetween duties at Cambridge ...20/04/84 photo Carl Watson

Not long before refurbishment , 31108 passes Findern (Stenson Jct) with a ballast ..18/04/85 photo John Goodale

In what is now a car park , 31108 awaits duties at Lincoln Central..15/02/86 photo Martin Bray

Tinsley allocated 31108 takes a rest with another '31' at Kings Lynn..09/09/88

Having another rest , this time at March TMD..03/12/88 photo Carl Watson

FPCI pair 31108 & 31168 at Hebden Bridge on 7E60 Preston Docks to Lindsey discharged oil tanks..1990

FPCI pair 31108 & 31255 at Findern on a Kingsbury to Lindsey oil train..19/07/90 photo John Goodale