31438 arrives at Ongar station on 24 September 2017 with the 2E08 11:18 service from Epping Forest, during the Epping Ongar Railway's Diesel Gala. D5557 was introduced in October 1959. It received electric train heat equipment in 1984, and was renumbered from 31139 to 31438. The ETH equipment was isolated in 1993, and as a consequence it was renumbered to 31538.