N Gauge Farish 371-136RJSF DCC Sound 31 130 Calder Hall Power Station BR RF Coal

Farish 371-136RJSF DCC Sound 31 130 Calder Hall Power Station BR RF Coal. Brand new item from our New Yorkshire model railway shop.

Sales Area Exclusive N scale Class 31 Diesel Locomotive. Analogue Users: Directional lights and basic Prime Mover (engine) sounds, which vary with speed, plus any other automated sounds, can be enjoyed when using this model on analogue control (DC) straight from the box!

This Graham Farish Class 31/1 sports all the hallmarks of a refurbished machine with its bufferbeam cowling and bodyside band removed, headcode boxes plated over and radio pods present above each cab. The attractive BR Railfreight livery is faithfully applied and, being a coal sector loco, it may come as a surprise to learn that the locomotive was actually named after a nuclear power plant, for the coal sector was also responsible for resourcing nuclear traffic and No. 31130 is named after the Calder Hall plant in Cumbria. Features of this model included the marker and tail lights, plus the high intensity headlights fitted at each end - all of which are functional, of course.

Suitable for use on DCC or analogue control straight out of the box, this SOUND FITTED model will take your enjoyment to the next level with its authentic sound effects which only enhance the model's good looks! Pristine BR Railfreight Coal Sector livery. Named'Calder Hall Power Station. Directional Lighting - independently switchable at each end via switches mounted on the circuit-board, or via DCC. SOUND FITTED - Fitted with a Zimo MX659N18 Sound Decoder - See below for the function list. Sales Area Exclusive Model - available from retailers in selected areas (see map for more details). F1 - Engine Start (Sound On/Off). F3 - Single Horn (Speed and Direction Related).

F4 - Two-Tone Horn (Speed and Direction Related). F8 - Cold Start (F8 On before F1). F9 - Flange Squeal (Speed Related). F15 - Cooler Group Fan. F17 - Auto Wagon Buffering (F17 On & F5 Off only).

F18 - On - Driver's Door Opening / Off - Driver's Door Closing. F19 - Fade All Sounds. F20 - Directional Lights Off - No.

F21 - Directional Lights Off - No. F22 -'Right o' way. The first Class 31 entered service in November 1957 and the design was one of the Pilot Scheme locomotives ordered by British Railways to replace steam traction. The Class was originally allocated to the Eastern Region, but gradually became common on both the Western and London Midland regions too. The Class 31/1s were the standard locomotives, distinguished from the first batch of locos - the 31/0s - which had Red Circle multiple-working control equipment, a non-standard feature that led to them being withdrawn relatively early in the late-1970s.

The 31/1s were fitted with Blue Star multiple-working equipment, as found on many other BR classes, and all had steam heating boilers from new, making them ideal for hauling passenger services. Commonly used in East Anglia, with allocations at Stratford and March depots, they were also found throughout the Eastern Region of BR with Finsbury Park sporting a large allocation, along with the depots at Tinsley, Immingham and Thornaby. Examples were also allocated to Bristol Bath Road and Old Oak Common on the Western Region, where they could be found working passenger trains as far west as Barnstaple and Paignton.

In the early 1980s, Healey Mills and Bescot on the Midland Region also gained an allocation as replacements for Class 25s. During the 1970s some Class 31s were fitted with Electric Train Heating (ETH) and these were reclassified as 31/4s to denote this feature. The 1980s would see BR undertake a programme of refurbishment for much of the fleet, this included the fitting of ETH to more locomotives but refurbishment was not reserved exclusively for the 31/4s, Class 31/1s were also refurbished without receiving ETH equipment. During refurbishment bufferbeam cowlings were removed along with the bodyside band, headcode boxes were plated over and fitted with two marker lights, and any remaining disc headcodes were removed. Where steam heat boilers remained, these were removed and a concrete block added instead to maintain the weight balance.

As passenger work dried up, many of the 31/4s were displaced and found themselves allocated to the departmental sector. In 1990, to reduce maintenance costs and prevent their ETH-fitted locos being borrowed for passenger work when extra traction was needed, the departmental sector isolated the ETH and removed the jumper cables from some of its 31/4s, resulting in these locos being reclassified as 31/5s. There were also two locomotives classified as 31/6, these had through ETH wiring fitted allowing them to work double-headed with an ETH-fitted loco. Other operators however kept Class 31s active on the mainline and in 2022 it is still possible to see a 31 on the mainline. The Class has also been popular with the preservation movement, with more than 25 examples now preserved. This item is in the category "Collectables\Model Railways & Trains\Railways & Trains\Locomotives". The seller is "kjb-models" and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Republic of Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Iceland, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Philippines.

Brand: Graham Farish
Power Type: DC
Type: Diesel Locomotive
EAN: 803393066765
Features: DCC fitted, Light function, Sound function
Scale: N Gauge
MPN: 371-136RJSF
Control System: Digital
Gauge: N