Metropolitan Vickers Class 28 Co-Bo DE

Metropolitan Vickers Class 28 Co-Bo DE

Introduced in 1958 the 20 members of the class were fitted with Crossley HSTV8 two stroke diesel engines of 1200 bhp.
One of the least successful of the ‘Pilot Scheme Diesels’ ordered by British Railways they were prone to vibration, water and oil pipe leaks, and cylinder defects.
The Diesel engines were of the same type as fitted to the C.I.E (Irish Rail) Class A and Western Australian Government Railways X Class, both of those railways also had similar major problems with their locomotives. As early diesels on the British Railways network they were used on the Overnight ‘Condor’ Service from Hendon (London) to Glasgow.
The whole class were eventually moved to Cumbria and used on local passenger and goods services.
One of the Class D5705 was takin over by the Railway Research Department in Derby and has subsequently been preserved.


BR Number series D5700-D5719
Tops Numbers were never carried by the class.
1 has been preserved

The class 28 sounds have been recorded from the prototype engine fitted in the Western Australian Government Railways X Class

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