Mark 2c FO - DB 977390 Locomotive Class_Class 31 Separately switched cab lighting and

Separately switched cab lighting and illuminated

cab roof and cantrail curves taken from 3D Laser scan and extensive surveys

Upper central lamp iron: not fitted

The Thames Mills site at Northfleet had resumed producing newsprint at the end of 1945

the last being withdrawn in 1999

Mark 2c FO - DB 977390 Locomotive Class_Class 31 Separately switched cab lighting andAs Sprinterisation started to bite from the mid 1980s, the Mk. 2c fleet was increasingly sidelined with many examples withdrawn or sold abroad. This proved to be a boon for the departmental businesses which engorged themselves, primarily as brake force runners, and most retained their original livery until they were finally retired several years later. The First Opens, mostly declassified as Second Open coaches by 1984, seemed to be particularly