374-537B GWR Hawksworth Second Corridor BR Maroon W1723W option-set-O-w-wagon-1 The Class 31/1s could be

The Class 31/1s could be found on a variety of secondary and relief passenger duties as well as parcels and freight traffic

making it a popular choice for modellers

The locomotive was later sold to Peter Best and cosmetically restored prior to display at Locomotion in Shildon

The flagship of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP)

374-537B GWR Hawksworth Second Corridor BR Maroon W1723W option-set-O-w-wagon-1 The Class 31/1s could beFrederick W. Hawksworth was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway (GWR), succeeding Charles Collett in 1941, and his coach designs were the final evolution of passenger stock built by the GWR, being designed at the end of World War Two and entering traffic from 1947 onwards. With the Nationalisation of Britains railways in 1948, construction continued under BR and the final examples were outshopped during the 1950s. Intended