31466 - EWS - Exclusive

31466 - EWS - Exclusive31466 EWS Exclusive Ahead of the landmark Toton open day in August 1998 there was furious activity behind the scenes at English Welsh & Scottish Railway as the company went hell for leather to show off a more enthusiast friendly outlook with range of exhibits wearing the Wisconsin Central inspired maroon and gold paint scheme. One of the highlights of the event was Bescot's 31466, that wore its new EWS livery well despite being built way back in 1959!

with the main spotting features of these DRS era machines being the revised LED tail lights

by which time the 21 survivors were all operating out of Llanwern

it spent periods at Oswestry and Hereford before being withdrawn from Cardiff East Dock after a 16 year working life

2b series of coaches

Three P1 style Chaldrons

English Electric Type 3 (Class 37) - 97301

P8 Hopper - 1904-1910 Pre-Grouping: NER Grey - Triple Pack

and mixed with other steel wagons such as Coil B

PowerPack stay-alive system and dual speaker configuration to reproduce the characteristic sound and function of an Deltic  at work

Helical Gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running

CLASS 31 Common Features

still with full light package