Class 31 - BR Blue - 31138 - DCC Sound Fitted Irish Railway Models Tin Rocket – call them

Tin Rocket – call them what you like but Class 153s have been a familiar part of the UK railway scene for more than 30 years

or carrying out work on the sides of the locomotive

Three styles of windscreen: standard

Gearing arranged for accurate top speed

as well as the BR Newspaper Van conversions of the O

Class 31 - BR Blue - 31138 - DCC Sound Fitted Irish Railway Models Tin Rocket – call them31138 BR blueJust 20 of the production build of 243 Brush Type 2s retained the disc headcode arrangement and cab roof mounted horn enclosure making them externally very similar to the pilot scheme Toffee Apples, although without the distinctively shaped power handle that gave the latter their nickname. Our chosen example is BR Blue 31138, an incredible survivor, which was the last unrefurbished skinhead to remain in traffic. The former D5556 of