From 21D, 70028 moved frequently between 21D Aston and Longsight between September 1961 and May 1963

Peter Kerslake says "The fourth of the five Britannias allocated from new in late 1952 to Cardiff Canton, Royal Star went to Aston in September 1961 in the wholesale transfer of the fifteen Western Region Britannias to the London Midland Region
After spells at several depots it was condemned from Carlisle Kingmoor in September 1967."