The Story of the Class 31

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This week, we'll be taking a look at a locomotive that is often forgotten due to its somewhat mundane mixed-traffic nature, but was in essence among the most successful of the early diesel engine designs to come out of the ill-conceived Modernisation Plan of 1955, the Class 31 proving its worth on both passenger and freight roles for 61 years as it plied its merry trade across the UK rail network.

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References:
- Key Model World (and their respective sources)
- Rail Magazine (and their respective sources)
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