Railway pictures from Birmingham to Wolverhampton

Friday, November 30, 2007

31 Returning To Nature.....


The cab of one of the several dozen Class 31 locos in Bescot Storage Sidings gently rots away in January 2001. It took a few years to dispose of the withdrawn engines that were stored here.


Class 31 machines were never a favourite of mine but it is was still sad to see them like this.

3 comments:

GWR55 said...

Would have taken quite a bit of restoration that one ! Still, worse examples have been returned to pristine condition...

Regan said...

I regret that I did not note which 31 it was, I think it was 460, which sat opposite the Tower for a few years.

BEN CRUACHAN said...

I quite liked the 31s. There was such a motly collection of numbers and liveries in the late 90s they were just hellfire. Even the days of olde when they were all blue I loved em too, I was never much of a fan of the 1985 style Railfreight grey but old pictures I see of them get me going now!