Class 31 - BR Blue - 31138

Class 31 - BR Blue - 3113831138 BR blueJust 20 of the production build of 243 Brush Type 2s retained the disc headcode arrangement and cab roof mounted horn enclosure making them externally very similar to the pilot scheme Toffee Apples, although without the distinctively shaped power handle that gave the latter their nickname. Our chosen example is BR Blue 31138, an incredible survivor, which was the last unrefurbished skinhead to remain in traffic. The former D5556 of

This landmark service featured a range of bespoke vehicles that were quite unlike anything then in operation in Ireland—or indeed on British Rail—despite being a derivative of a BR design

The programme of rolling stock production undertaken by Oliver Bulleid during his time as Chief Mechanical Engineer at Corás Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) in the 1950s contained a number of now-iconic vehicles

although this was quickly superseded by the colourful Network SouthEast image

LIVERY SUMMARY:

by the second half of 2005

Route: 202 Fettercairn

the ECoS is particularly well-suited to Gauge 1 and G layouts

and the company was one of the few that fitted their ex-NER P1 Chaldrons with additional ‘greedy boards’

With up to 1

Roller-bearing axle boxes

RP25-110 profile OO gauge wheels with fine scale ‘drop in’ EM (18

were made up to 16 vehicles