| Class 28 'Metrovick' |
Type 2 |
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| Design: Metropolitan Vickers | |||
| Engine: Crossley Eight Cylinder HSTV8 (1200hp) | |||
| Main Generator: Metropolitan Vickers | |||
| Traction Motors: Metropolitan Vickers | |||
| Wheel Arrangement: Co-Bo | |||
| Total Built: 20 (1958-59 at Bowsfield Works, Stockton-on-Tees) | |||
| Total Preserved: 1 | |||
The
'Metrovicks' were the most unusual of the post 1955 diesel designs to
make it in numbers to the mainline. With their Co-Bo wheel arrangement,
20 were built between 1958 - 59 and were based on the midland region,
most remembering them for working the 'Condor' express freight between
London and Glasgow. Reliability of the Crossley engine was not good and
all had been withdrawn by September 1968 with the
only survivor leading a charmed life after that date. Initially part of
the RTC fleet, then a train heating unit and was secured for
preservation in 1980, although still has to operate under its own power. |
