Archive Gen

  1. Pre-TOPS no D5580 – Vacuum braked.
  2. Entered traffic 14/01/60.
  3. Works no ..Brush 180.
  4. Re – numbered 31162…11/73
  5. Withdrawn from traffic 18/05/92.
  6. Reason for withdrawal…life expired
  7. Final Passenger working 2E34 1516 Carlisle – Leeds 23/08/90.
  1. Norwich 14/01/60.
  2. March 10/09/61.
  3. Immingham 15/04/66.
  4. Finsbury Park 19/03/67.
  5. Norwich 06/08/67.
  6. March 10/69.
  7. York 12/80.
  8. Immingham 03/01/82.
  9. Thornaby 17/01/82.
  10. Healey Mills 15/05/83.
  11. Bescot 17/06/84.
  12. Bescot 01/01/89 DCMA Pool.
  13. Bescot 26/03/89 DCMN Pool.
  14. Bescot 09/07/90 DCMB Pool.
  15. Immingham 30/09/90 DCEW Pool.
  16. Immingham 30/03/92 IEJW Pool.
  17. Immingham Stored Serviceable 11/05/92 IXXA Pool.

Other Notes

  1. Mirlees P/U no 5443-69 installed , Mirlees P/U no 5443-70 removed 30/11/63.
  2. Mirlees P/U no 5443-134-1 installed 23/07/66.EE P/U no IH 7169 installed 02/12/67.
  3. EE P/U no IH 6516 installed 07/08/70.
  4. General Overhaul and Dual Braked in Doncaster Works 11/73.
  5. Boiler Isolated 10/81.
  6. General Overhaul in Doncaster Works 28/04/83.

31162 Gallery

March allocated 5580 stands on the fuelling point at Stratford Depot..1972

Blizzard conditions at Sheffield as York’s 31162 awaits its next duty…28/02/81 photo Mark B

A ‘dented’ 31162 stands in ‘ The Plant ‘ awaiting her final general overhaul ….03/12/83

Paired with 31232 , 31162 heads south past Findern with a lightweight stock move…19/06/89 photo John Goodale

Four months later, 31162 is back at Findern with a much more productive stock move..23/10/89 photo John Goodale

During the final 2 months allocated to Bescot , 31162 stands with other 31s at her home..21/07/90 photo Carl Watson