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A Class 31 loco doing 40 mph, was like riding in a derailed big dipper. The windows fitted where they touched,and they struggled pulling 4 coaches, with five on you could grind the rail with these things.
The exhaust smoke was a pure health hazard, when you had to breath in un burnt Deisel fuel.
Best place for these machines is where they are now.
We took a rake of cartics from Wakefield Westgate to Donny, and when we approached Castle Hills Junction, we were put up the Brodsworth Pit Branch.
We got 4 tics off the main lines, with another eight hanging accross the GN Main Line.
As a result of this we had to sand the line with our mashing cans and all the 31 did was slip like walking on ice rail grinding the rail at 3 mph .
The Donny signalman put us up this branch. so he could run a late running HST past us. Silly signal man, delayed the HST for another hour.
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