Hornby R3880 Class 31 31147 Floreat Salopia BR Dutch Livery Loco

Item Length – Without Packaging (cm) 22.5Item Scale 1:76 Scale 00 GaugeGauge OODCC Status DCC Ready 8 pin socket (NOT DCC fitted)Operator BRDesigner Brush TractionLivery Grey / Yellow / DutchMinimum Curve (mm) Radius 2Motor 5 Pole Skew woundClass 31 31147 Floreat Salopia entered traffic on 19 November 1959 asD5565, allocated to March Shed and the locomotive remained in East Anglia until9 October 1965 when it moved north to Tinsley. Renumbered to 31147 under theTOPS scheme, the locomotive was one of three Class 31s fitted with RadioElectronic Token Blocks for use over the Cambrian route, also carrying BRRegional Railways branding over its ‘Dutch’ livery until it was named FloreatSalopia by John Thompson, a Shropshire Star competition winner, at ShrewsburyCotton Hill Depot’s Open Day on 30 May 1993.