tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post1707031553505438837..comments2024-03-29T08:14:43.839+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Lots Of Fun With A 31fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-59760251314335628422017-07-16T22:11:29.994+01:002017-07-16T22:11:29.994+01:00The blue loco was D5578. Photos are scarce but thi...The blue loco was D5578. Photos are scarce but this gives an idea-http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/35mm-slide-British-Railways-D5578-blue-Brush-at-March-1963-/142434535371Dennis Dratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-14220119212286477742017-07-16T09:13:29.748+01:002017-07-16T09:13:29.748+01:00To clarify, the headcode shown in the colour pictu...To clarify, the headcode shown in the colour picture is for light engine (with not more than two brake vans). Express passenger is one above each buffer, as in the B&W picture of D5500.<br />Airfix (in their ready-to-run rather than kit incarnation) also made a Class 31. Its performance was far in advance of my old Triang version, which had to be weighed down with plasticine to create any kind of pulling power on a gradient - as unreliable as the original thing, it would seem. An Ian Allan publication says that the original Mirrlees engines were sold back to the manufacturer, which reconditioned them, often for marine use.<br />Alas, nothing in old Ian Allan ABCs to confirm the experimental liveries.<br />Man of Kentnoreply@blogger.com