GWR Manor - 7825 Lechlade Manor BR lined black w/early crest - DCC Sound MDO Class 31 / English Electric

Class 31 / English Electric Type 2 - 31248 in BR Blue

buffer to buffer of 325mm (650mm for the pair of wagons)

73963 offers the perfect partner to 73962 as one of the original 3 rebuilt locomotives to enter traffic in 2014/2015

Works number ‘3806’ led an average working life

Once conversion was completed the newly registered 66793 was transferred to the paint shop at Eastleigh before being unveiled during March 2021 in its British Rail inspired

GWR Manor - 7825 Lechlade Manor BR lined black w/early crest - DCC Sound MDO Class 31 / English Electric7825 Lechlade Manor BR Lined Black (early crest)Named after a Victorian country house in Gloucestershire near the Oxfordshire border, No. 7825 Lechlade Manor carries its delivery scheme, the infamous lined black Riddles revenge scheme. This was an appropriate nickname for a Great Western designed machine wearing a livery inspired by the locomotives of the London & North Western Railway, but the image suited the elegantly proportioned 78XX locomotives