3 in 1 - The British Rail Class 31 Story - Full Programme

3 in 1 is three programmes rolled into one. It's a Retrovision, a Fade-Away and a Survivors for the Class 31. The story begins in 1969, the year the re-engining of the Brush Type 2s was completed. We follow the progress of the fleet right through to 2008 by way of fascinating footage, a selection of graphics and an informative script. Highlights include: Green-liveried examples in East Anglia Toffee-apple D5511 at Fyffes banana factory Shots from the early 1970s 31278 on cement in 1979 Other blue examples including 31174 on the S&C, 31203 at Guide Bridge, 31297 at Leicester, white-stripe 31404 at Reading The introduction of Railfreight livery and 31154 at Colchester Sectorisation shots of a variety of locos in the new liveries including a triple-headed flask train MGR drag-backs at Warrington 31417, 31423 and 31442 on postal work Passenger work on the famous north-west 'Club Trains' with 31/4s, plus 31101, 31142, 31302 and 31306 31113 and 31308 on 1S87 A pair on snow plough duties 31466 & 31207 banking a failed 90 on a Freightliner A look at some of the preserved 31s The Fragonset locos and other passenger work including the Bedford - Bletchley turns, the Butlins trains and the pink 31601 Railtour action Yellow Network Rail 31s dragging the NMT HST and Serco trains The triple-headed Fragonset coal trial. Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @vimediamerch   www.vimedia.co.uk