Class 31 - Railfreight Distribution - 31160 - DCC Sound Fitted MHA Wagons Originally completed at Darlington in

Originally completed at Darlington in January 1963 as D6788

bundles of newspapers leaving the presses at 04:00 were taken to Edinburgh’s Waverley station and loaded onto twelve dedicated “Special Express” carriages in Scotsman livery

roof fan and dual speaker configuration to reproduce the characteristic sound and function of the locomotive at work

* Sprung metal buffers and dummy instanter couplings

Class 31 - Railfreight Distribution - 31160 - DCC Sound Fitted MHA Wagons Originally completed at Darlington inBy the launch of the iconic Roundel designed Railfreight scheme in October 1987 around 30 Class 31s were allocated to the FGWC pool at Tinsley for Speedlink wagonload services. However with the fleet only recently refurbished at Doncaster Works and Railfreight Distribution looking to standardise on Class 37 and 47 motive power there was no hurry to repaint them in its new image. However, following serious fire damage to 31160 the South Yorkshire depot