Standing in the shed yard at Haworth on the 5th April 2014 is 20031.
Locomotive History
The most successful batch of Type 1 locos ordered under the Modernisation Plan were the English Electric Type 1, classified Class 20. The initial order of 1956 was for twenty locomotives; however, the design was an immediate success and, before all twenty were in traffic, an order was made for an additional thirty locomotives for delivery to the Eastern and Scottish Regions. 20031 was one of this batch of thirty locomotives built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorn, Darlinton and entered service as D8031 in January 1960, allocated to Aberdeen Kittybrewster MPD. It would spend the next six years allocated to Kittybrewster until it closed and D8030 transferred to Inverness in October 1965. This was followed by transfer to Polmadie in November 1966 and Haymarket in September 1967 before heading south initially to the Nottingham Division in June 1968 before quickly moving on to Stratford three months later in September 1968. It was one of a small batch of class 20’s (8019/30-33/55-57) allocated to Stratford at this time and remained until October 1970 when it transferred to Immingham. It remained an Immingham engine for the next ten years until transfer to Tinsley in July 1980. In October 1982 20031 was one of a number of vacuum braked class 20’s stored awaiting an improved financial climate (following the 1982 steel strike) to allow classified repair and dual brake fitment. Eventually traffic levels and finance improved and 20031 was overhauled, fitted with air brake equipment and re-instated in September 1983 working off Toton. It transferred back to Immingham in July 1987 before its final transfer to Toton in September 1989 from where it was withdrawn in September 1990
