BR Class 31 31018 at the National Railway Museum Women's Tank Top

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Diesel electric locomotive, No D5500 (31018), Class 31, AIA-AIA, British Railways, built by Brush Electrical Engineering Company at Loughborough in 1957, withdrawn in 1976. Originally known as the Brush Type 2. Length over buffers: 56' 9"; width: 8' 9".

D5500 was the first locomotive built by Brush Electrical Engineering Company for British Railways under their 1955 Modernisation Plan. Ultimately, the Plan’s aim was to replace steam locomotives with diesel and electric traction.

The engines in the Class 31 locomotives proved unreliable and in the 1960s were replaced with engines produced by English Electric. The new engine provided 1470 HP, an improvement on the 1250 HP of the original Mirrlees twelve-cylinder supercharged engine.

The locomotives were originally known as Class 30. Those which were re-engined then became Class 31. Further sub-classes also exist; Class 31/0 refers to the first twenty Brush type locomotives built, numbered D5500 - D5519.

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This is the official website of the artist Gordon James who uses his 50+ years of photographic skills and experience to highlight the beauty of photography and as an art form to create prints, home decor, apparel and more to be made from his wide range of images. My specialist subjects are Steam,and Diesel Locomotives.