Class 31 - 31301 Railfreight Red-Stripe - DCC Sound Castle Cement 0mm RP-25/110 Chemically Blackened Wheelsets

0mm RP-25/110 Chemically Blackened Wheelsets

2b BFKs for conversion

66789 sports a homage to the British Rail large logo blue livery to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the formation of British Railways back in 1948

In 2009 the locomotive was acquired by Beacon Rail Leasing and transferred to Heavy Haul Power International (HHPI) where it was repainted

It later moved to Crewe and became part of the depot’s electric locomotive test train

Class 31 - 31301 Railfreight Red-Stripe - DCC Sound Castle Cement 0mm RP-25/110 Chemically Blackened Wheelsets31301 Railfreight Red Stripe Developed from the large logo scheme, when the original Railfreight grey livery was launched on 58001 in December 1982 it was lifted by the addition of a red bufferbeam and solebars. However, when the paintjob was first rolled out on the Class 31s as they left Doncaster after Heavy General Overhaul from March 1985 only the red bufferbeams were carried over, the red lower body band not being introduced until January 1987 on