MODELS of small classes together with the BR Pilot Scheme locomotives are usually more risky undertakings, with fewer liveries and generally more restricted areas of operation making them less attractive commercially. A model of the Metro-Vick Type 2 Co-Bo (or Class 28 as they have become known) falls into that category, especially in ‘N’ gauge, making the new model all the more welcome.
Metro-Vick Co-Bos were troublesome locomotives which have held on to the imagination of modellers decades after their demise. To see a model of the type produced in ‘N’ gauge is a good development for early BR diesel era modelling. Introduced in 1958, the 20 locomotives were allocated to the Midland Division of the LMR and worked the overnight Anglo-Scottish Condor container service where their high tractive effort made them suitable for the fast service.
The Crossley engines were the downfall of the class along with a desire to remove minority classes from the roster.
