Class 31/1 No.31302 heads a down scrap train, originating from Vic Berry's scrapyard through Leicester station on 14th August 1985. ©Gordon Edgar/Railphotoprints.co.uk

31302 was built by Brush at the Falcon works Loughborough as D5835 in January 1962 but did not enter traffic until April 1962 with the Mirrlees engine up-rated from 1365bhp to 2000bhp. This actually made D5835 a Type 4 although never officially recognised as such. It was allocated to Sheffield Darnal MPD and used on Kings Cross – Hull duties. By October 1962 it had run 30,000 miles without problems but by this time problems were starting to appear in the older Mirrlees engines and D5835 was quickly de-rated to 1365bhp. In 1964 a programme of works commenced to re-engine the fleet with the 1470bhp English Electric 12SVT engines. Originally built with vacuum train brakes it was fitted with dual (air/vacuum) train brakes during a classified repair at Doncaster works in December 1974. After thirty seven years service (and over eight years after its last classified repair at Doncaster works in October 1990) it was withdrawn in March 1999. Following withdrawal it was towed to Wigan CRDC and quickly broken up in July 1999.