CLASS 91 ac electric loco No. 91131 (91031) has been loaned to the Museum of Scottish Railways for static display at Bo’ness. This is a fitting location for this celebrity loco, it having been a notable performer on the East Coast Main Line (ECML). It holds the UK rail-speed record of 154mph, achieved on a special passenger train on Stoke Bank on June 2, 1995.
The Bo-Bo loco was one of 31 built by GEC/BREL at Crewe and introduced to traffic exclusively on the ECML in February 1991. It was renumbered 91131 when refurbished at Doncaster in 2002 and carried two names over the years, Sir Henry Royce and County of Northumberland.
No. 91131 will be displayed initially at Bo’ness in its final LNER red and white colours with branding removed until finance is available for a repaint in an earlier livery.
The former Railway Heritage Committee nominated it in 2011 for preservation in the National Collection when withdrawn from active service. For a while, there was a No. 91132, which was originally No. 91123 but renumbered when refurbished in 2001. Now scrapped, it was
