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}}'''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>. It left in June 2023.

31466 has had remained resident on the Dean Forest Railway since.<ref>[https://deanforestrailway.co.uk/diesel-locomotives/ Dean Forest Railway, Diesel Locomotives page]</ref> Its 1470 hp English Electric twelve-cylinder diesel engine, which powers the generator supplying the DC motors on four out of the six axles ([[UIC classification|UIC classification A1A-A1A]]), has remained in working order throughout. A three year overhaul was completed by the DFDA in November 2020, which involved replacing entire sections of rotten or corroded cab with fresh metal or timber, renewing window surrounds and wiring, as well as re-painting in the EWS colours<ref>[https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/restored-locomotive-emerges-from-lydney-workshop Punchline Gloucester]</ref>.

On 9 July 2021 31466 was collected from the DFR by [[50049|50049 Defiance]] and delivered to the SVR as cover for [[BR Class 33 33108]]. While at the SVR it carried out various P-Way duties as well as working some passenger trains. It left in June 2023, collected by 20142 and 20189 and moved to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. In July 2023 it was reported on social media that the locomotive had been bought by Peter Best and would be based at the NYMR in future<ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/31466-change-of-ownership.1422567/ National Preservation Forum] (retrieved 3 July 2023)</ref>.