The two cylinder engines smoked well from the start!

View northward, towards Bedford and the North; ex-Midland St Pancras - Leicester - Sheffield main line. The 10.25am Manchester Central - St Pancras is headed by a pair of Metropolitan-Vickers 1,200 hp Type 2 (later Class 28) Co-Bo Diesel-electrics, Nos. D5703 + D5710. This was a regular working but only for a short period due to their unreliability.

Introduced in 8/58, only 20 of these unusual locomotives were built: they were handicapped by limited route availability and frequently broke down, so lasted only 11 years in BR service.