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|image = 31466 leaving for Gloucester from the Dean Forest Railway31466_20210731.JPGjpg|caption = 31466 (Wikimedia Commons)at Kidderminster TMD, July 2021

|years2 = 20212007|events2 = Arrived at Preserved on the SVR on hireDFR|years3 = 2021|events3 = Arrived at the SVR on hire

}}'''31466''' is a '''BR Class 31 ''' diesel electric locomotive. It arrived on the SVR in July 2021 on hire as cover for [[BR Class 33 33108]]<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4422&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15 SVR On-line Forum]</ref>.

==Service and preservationBR Class 31==The BR Class 31 diesel electric locomotive was also known as the Brush Type 2 and originally as the Class 30. A total of 263 were built by Brush Traction between 1957 and 1962as part of BR's early modernisation plans to replace steam locomotives. The locomotives received a number of derogatory nicknames including ''Goyles'' (short for "gargoyles" in reference to the perceived ugliness of the design), ''Peds'' (short for "pedal cars" in reference to their speed and pulling power) and ''Gurglers'', after the noise they made.26 members of the class have been preserved<ref name=Wikipedia>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_31 BR Class 31 on Wikipedia]</ref> This locomotive was originally built as a Class 30 and entered service in June 1959 at Norwich Thorpe MPD numbered '''D5533'''. In April 1968 it was reclassified from Class 30 to Class 31 sub-type 31/1 (the standard locomotive fitted with steam heating and Blue Star electro-pneumatic control).<ref name=BRDatabase>[https://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=D&id=5533&loco=5533 BRDatabase - 31466]</ref>

The introduction of [[TOPS codes|TOPS]] saw the ==Service==This locomotive renumbered was originally built as a Class 30 and entered service in June 1959 at Norwich Thorpe MPD numbered '''31115D5533''' in January 1973. In March 1985 April 1968 it was fitted with ETH, becoming reclassified from Class 30 to Class 31 sub-type 31/4 1 (the standard locomotive fitted with steam heating and receiving its final number of '''31466'''Blue Star electro-pneumatic control).<ref name=BRDatabase>[https://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=D&id=5533&loco=5533 BRDatabase - 31466]</ref>

By May 1988 The introduction of [[TOPS codes|TOPS]] saw the locomotive had served renumbered as '''31115''' in BR's Eastern Region for all but a yearJanuary 1973. It In March 1985 it was then transferred to Crewe Dieselfitted with Electric Train Heating ('ETH'), where it remained for the rest becoming sub-type 31/4 and receiving its final number of its service life'''31466'''.<ref name=BRDatabase/> Prior The ETH was sufficient to the introduction of the Class 66power eleven Mk3 carriages, English Welsh & Scottish (EWS) took control of the Class type 31s from the Mainline Freight often being used to pre-heat a train in a depot before a more modern and Trainload Freight companies. 31466 was repainted into EWS livery for powerful locomotive would carry out 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's inter-city duties.<ref name=Wikipedia/>

31466 is normally resident on By May 1988 the Dean Forest Railwaylocomotive had served in BR's Eastern Region for all but a year. It was then transferred to Crewe Diesel, where it remained for a number of years.<refname=BRDatabase/>[https://deanforestrailwayPrior 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.co31466 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.uk/diesel-locomotives/ Dean Forest Railway, Diesel Locomotives page]<ref name=Wikipedia/ref>.