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British Rail Class 28
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Metropolitan-Vickers· from 1958· class of 20 Co′Bo′ 1200hp diesel-electric locomotives
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 26.12.82 Swindon Works TDB 968006 (6159481294): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. 50015 and Class 28 D5705 at Bury during The East Lancashire Railway Diesel Gala 300623: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Class 28 D5705 at Bury during The East Lancashire Railway Diesel Gala 300623 - 53013286301: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Class 28 D5705 at Bury during The East Lancashire Railway Diesel Gala 300623: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. D5705 , Matlock: Phil Sangwell from United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
- 6. D5705 BR Class 28 Co-Bo with Condor headboard at Coalville: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 28 (Metropolitan Vickers Type 2) diesel-electric locomotives, known variously as 'Metrovicks', 'Crossleys' or 'Co-Bos', were built under the Pilot Scheme for diesel locomotives as part of the British Railways 1955 Modernisation Plan. These Crossley-engined locomotives were one of two designs built under the Pilot Scheme to use two-stroke diesel engines, the other being the Class 23 'Baby Deltic' locomotives. The locomotives had a Co-Bo wheel arrangement (a 6-wheel bogie at one end, a 4-wheel bogie at the other) – unique in British Railways practice and uncommon in other countries, although Japan also used some C-B diesel hydraulics.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 68 years ago, in 1958.
- 895 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 17.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 10 years (1958–1968).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1958–1959
- in service from
- 1958
- retired
- 1968
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Metropolitan-Vickers, Bowesfield Works
- operators
- British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- 895 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Bo'
- length
- 17.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3306004, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 28 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.