31400 Fact File
7th January 1960
- Brush Traction 178 aka D5579 released from Brush in Golden Ochre livery.
Allocated to 30A (
20th November
1960 - Allocated to 31B (March).
11th March 1963
- Mirlees power unit 5443-18 fitted.
3rd October 1965
- Allocated to 41A (Tinsley).
5th February
1966 - Mirlees power unit 5443-67 fitted.
27th February
1966 - Allocated to 40B (Immingham).
19th March 1967
- Allocated to 34G (
9th April 1967 -
Allocated to 32A (
31st May 1968 -
EE power unit IH7207 fitted.
October 1969 - Allocated to
31B (March).
February 1974 - Renumbered
to 31161.
September 1977 - Allocated
to
February 1978 - Allocated
to Immingham.
January 1979 - Allocated to
March.
October 1980 - Allocated to
28th February
1982 - Allocated to Immingham.
June 1985 - Boiler
isolated.
October 1985 - Heavy
General Overhaul, Boiler removed, dual brakes fitted, original railfreight
livery applied.
18th January
1987 - Allocated to Tinsley.
14th March 1988
– Withdrawn due to fire damage.
31st March 1988
- Re-instated to Old Oak Common, paper transfer as 31400 went from Doncaster to
13th May 1988 -
Converted to 31400, using the power unit and electrical equipment from 31401,
after suffering collision damage.
15th May 1988 -
Allocated to
27th November
1988 - Allocated to Bescot.
2nd December
1988 - Allocated to
3rd December
1988 - Allocated to RXLB pool.
13th May 1990 -
Allocated to PCDB pool.
30th September
1990 - Allocated to RXLB pool.
27th October
1990 - Worked last passenger trains, 06:27 Leeds Skegness, 1D22, 10:21 Skegness
to
17th January
1991 - Collided with 31516 at St Pancras.
4th February
1991 - Stored unserviceable RXXA
19th February
1991 - Re-instated to RXLB pool.
26th July 1991 -
Stored unserviceable RXLD.
1st October 1991
- Withdrawn from BR service, power unit.
17th December
1992 - Hauled from Crewe to
18th December
1992 - Arrived at C. F. Booth,
August 1993 - Cut up at C.
F. Booths, Rotherham.