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The introduction of [[TOPS codes|TOPS]] saw the locomotive renumbered as '''31115''' in January 1973. In March 1985 it was fitted with ETH, becoming sub-type 31/4 and receiving its final number of '''31466'''.<ref name=BRDatabase/>
By May 1988 the locomotive had served in BR's Eastern Region for all but a year. It was then transferred to Crewe Diesel, where it remained for the rest if of its service life.<ref name=BRDatabase/> Prior to the introduction of the Class 66, English Welsh & Scottish (EWS) took control of the Class 31s from the Mainline Freight and Trainload Freight companies. 31466 was repainted into EWS livery for the Toton TMD open day in May 1998; Wikipedia suggests it was then the only one of the class to be in traffic running in the EWS colours until being withdrawn from service and preserved in February 2001.<ref name=Wikipedia/>
31466 is normally resident on the Dean Forest Railway<ref>[https://deanforestrailway.co.uk/diesel-locomotives/ Dean Forest Railway, Diesel Locomotives page]</ref>.
