BR Class 31 31270 is one of the latest additions to the TT:120 diesel locomotive family. This newly tooled Brush Type 2 Class 31 model is DCC sound-fitted and depicted in BR Blue.

Model Specification:

• Highly detailed model based on extensive research and design
• Die-cast chassis
• Wealth of separately fitted parts, including front end handrails, disc headcodes (where applicable) and roof grille
• Detailed cab interior
• Powerful five-pole motor providing power to all wheels
• Electrical pick-ups on all wheels
• Pivoting NEM coupling sockets
• Accessory pack that includes optional bufferbeam pipes
• Minimum 2nd radius curves

Electronics:

• Next18 DCC Decoder socket compatible with HM7000 system
• Decoder socket housed underneath clip-fit body for easy access
• Space for HM7070 Power Bank for uninterrupted running

Sound:

• Utilises high-fidelity HM7000 sound file
• Chassis-mounted speaker

Tooling:

• Glazed headcode roof
• Later cab style
• English Electric exhaust
• Plated side steps
• Oil filler
• Plated water filler
• Plated boiler port

• Plated front door

• With door louvres

Livery:

• BR Blue
• Full yellow ends
• Small bodyside double arrows
• Authentic livery colours and font types
• Semi-gloss finish
• Era 7

Hornby Recommends:

• BR Blue and Grey Mk1 and Mk2f coaches
• BR Vent Vans

​​​​​​​History :

Built at Brush Traction in Loughborough, this locomotive started life in June 1961 as D5800 and went new to March in Cambridgeshire. Initially in BR green with white body stripes, it first received small yellow panels in 1962 and then full yellow ends in June 1969. It was renumbered to 31270 under TOPS in 1974, by which point it was carrying BR corporate blue livery with small double arrows on the bodyside. 

Our model depicts 31270 in early 1980s condition, when the loco still had a glazed headcode panel displaying domino markers but with a plated nose door and adorned with 'TI' Tinsley depot stickers, which it had been allocated to since 1975. 

By October 1987, it was working in the north-east out of Thornaby depot, where it was withdrawn from by EWS in May 2000. The locomotive was later preserved and is currently based at Didcot Railway Centre, named ‘Athena’.