31438 on siding at North Weald, seen from passing DMU from Ongar to Epping Forest, on 5th September 2021. This locomotive, originally D5557, was built at Brush Works, Loughborough and entered service on 15th October 1959, initially working from Ipswich Loco Shed. As 31139, she was mothballed in 1981 before being selected to have Electric Train Heating fitted, which was completed on 23rd April 1984 and subsequently renumbered 31438 before moving to the EOR in October 2011.
Location: North Weald
Original line: Ongar Extension (Great Eastern Railway)
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: Epping Ongar Railway 1981-2021
Date: 05/09/2021
Image number: 78466