Class 31 Survivors, Mainline Finale and into Preservation

The Class 31 Diesel Locomotive, Mainline Finale and into Preservation. A look back at the dwindling number of class 31s at work on the mainline filmed between 2009 and 2016, plus a look at some of the class that made it into preservation. 31106 1Z07 Reading - Didcot at Cholsey 8/10/2009 31601+31190+67029 1Z60 Leeds - Thorpe Bay at Purfleet 28/5/2011 31233+97301 1Q14 Hither Green - Grove Park at Leigh-on-Sea 22/5/2012 31601 5Z35 Wembley LMD - Bristol Barton Hill at Cholsey 18/6/2012 31601 5Z31 Crewe - Dereham at Marholm 25/9/2012 31459+37425 1Q18 East Ham - East Ham at Benfleet Creek 30/10/2012 31601+47843 0Z47 Didcot - Washwood Heath at Hinksey Yard/Oxford 2/11/2012 31105 3Z03 Derby - Hither Green at East Hyde 15/7/2013 31465+37419 1Q88 Norwich - East Ham at Marks Tey 20/8/2013 31190+31452 6Z00 Totton Yard - Selby Brayton Sidings at Cholsey 4/11/2013 31465+31233 1Q04 Derby - Norwich at Littlebury 18/8/2014 31452+31601 6Z31 Chaddesden - Willesden Euroterminal at Cheddington 17/9/2014 31601 6Z31 Willesden Euroterminal - Chaddesden at East Hyde 27/10/2014 31233 3Z03 Derby - Hither Green at Irchester 26/1/2015 31601 5Z34 Bristol Barton Hill - Wembley LMD at Acton Main Line 28/9/2015 31601 5Z35 Wembley LMD - Bristol Barton Hill at Acton Main Line 28/9/2015 31452+2403 5L46 Eastleigh - Ely Papworth at Letchworth 28/10/2016 31235 Mid-Norfolk Railway February 2012 31235 1030 Dereham-Wymondham Abbey at Crownthorpe 19/2/2012 31235 1130 Wymondham Abbey-Dereham at Crownthorpe 19/2/2012 Spa Valley Railway October 2018 31430 “Sister Dora” on long term loan from the Mangapps Railway 31430 11:10 Eridge-Tunbridge Wells West at Harrison's Rocks, Spa Valley Railway Autumn Diesel Gala 19/10/2018 31430 13:40 Eridge-Tunbridge Wells West departing Groombridge, Spa Valley Railway Autumn Diesel Gala 19/10/2018 31430 14:30 Tunbridge Wells West-Eridge approaching Groombridge, Spa Valley Railway Autumn Diesel Gala 19/10/2018 Epping and Ongar Railway 2018/2019 31438 top and tail with 4MT Tank 80078 Epping and Ongar Railways “Santa Specials” at Blisdens Farm Crossing. 22/12/2018 31438 top and tail with 4MT Tank 80078 Epping and Ongar Railways “Santa Specials” departing Ongar. 22/12/2018 31438 top and tail with Metropolitan Railway E Class No. 1 Epping and Ongar Railways “Santa Specials” at Blisdens Farm Crossing. 15/12/2018 31438 top and tail with Metropolitan Railway E Class No. 1 Epping and Ongar Railways “Santa Specials” at Blisdens Farm Crossing. 15/12/2018