Photos By: Ian Green, Chris Nuthall, Wailing Chang, Brian Atkins, Dean Jones,  Alex Thorn, Felix Castelan, Macauley Haywood
TomSchache ​and Joshua Watson

Noted Events:
1985 - Repainted into V/line Orange and Grey 
1997 - Repainted into V/line Freight
2000 - Repainted into Freight Australia
2002? - Converted to Standard Gauge
2004 - Converted back to Broad Gauge
2011 - Repainted into Victorian Railways livery, breifly hired to El Zorro
2013  - Hired to QUBE
2016 - Returned to  SRHC
2017 - Hired to QUBE
2018 - Returned to SRHC
2019 - Hired to QUBE and then Returned to SRHC breifley and then back to QUBE

Liveries worn by X31

Photos of X31

1984

X31 leads a down Bendigo passenger train into Sunshine. (1/2/84)
Photo By: Chris Nuthall

1996

X31-T388-X48 with #9556 up Long Island goods at Somerville. (10/96)
Photo By: Ian Green

1997

X31 in V/line Freight livery at Bunbury Street with a down goods train to Tottenham yard. (24/9/97)
Photo By: Chris Nuthall

1999

X31 hauling a 6 carriage Comeng set to Epping at Somerton Loop. (25/3/99)
Photo By: Wailing Chang

2000

X31 with the down Boort Container train at Bridgewater. (5/2/00)
Photo By: Wailing Chang

2001

X31 and an S class lead a grain train to Tottenham Yard over the Footscray Road Level Crossing. (2001)
Photo By: Ian Green

2002

X31-T388-EL62 lead #5196 Freight Australia grain towards Sydney at Waratah. (3/12/02)
Photo By: Brian Atkins

2011

X31 in it's new Victorian Railways livery  on transfer from Seymour arriving at South Dynon. (19/3/11)
Photo By: Ian Green

2014

X31-G515 with #9471 down Maryvale freight at Malvern. (21/2/14)
Photo By: Ian Green

2017

X31-T386-S303 lead QUBE's Deni Rice train #9372 at Arcadia (left) and Nagambie (right). (6/3/17)
Photos By: Dean Jones

X31-T356-S303 shunt Qube loading near Victoria Dock. (17/3/17)
Photo By: Ian Green

X31-B76 with #9342  cross the Moonee Ponds Creek viaduct near Glenroy. (11/7/17)
Photo By: Ian Green

2018

X31-B74-B80-G532 with a Qube grain from Appleton Dock near Footscray. (21/1/18)
Photo By: Ian Green

X31 leads a heritage shuttle from Dandenong to Caulfield at Murrumbeena. (13/10/18)
​Photo By: Ian Green

2019

X31-B74 lead the 'Pako Festa Tour' through Spotswood. (23/2/19)
Photo By: Alex Thorn

X31-T378 lead the 'Taralgon Walhalla Tour' near Bunyip. (4/5/19)
Photo By: Alex Thorn

X31-VL360-VL356 with #9475 Maryvale freight at Victoria Dock. (8/9/19)
Photo By: Ian Green

X31-T373 lead a QUBE grain from Geelong through Newport. (4/9/19)
Photo By: Alex Thorn

X31-VL356 lead #9178 Ultima freight to Victoria Dock into Gheringhap. (4/12/19)
Photo By: Macauley Haywood

X31-VL360-VL356 lead #9475 Maryvale freight through Southern Cross. (6/9/19)
Photo By: Thomas McIntosh

2020

X31-G515 with #9476 Maryvale Freight near Huntingdale. (28/3/20)
Photo By: Felix Castelan

X31-G515 with #9476 Maryvale Freight at Hernes Oak. (28/3/20)
Photo By: Tom Schache

X31-VL356 lead   #9475 Maryvale Freight through Toorak. (6/7/20)
Photo By: Tom Schache

X31-S303-N463 with   #8390 to South Dynon near Seymour. (6/6/20)
Photo By: Joshua Watson

X31-T376-T377-T369 with   #9572 QUBE Cement train at South Kensington. (23/6/20)
Photo By: Alex Thorn

X31-B74 with   #9572 QUBE cement train at Springvale. (6/10/20)
Photo By: Joshua Watson

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