Built by Metropolitan Vickers at its Stockton-on-Tees factory in 1958/1959, the 20 Metro Vick Type 2s (later unofficially Class 28 Co-Bo) Class members (D5700-D5719) were withdrawn from revenue-earning service by the end of 1968. Famed for their poor reliability and use on the Anglo-Scottish container doorto-door ‘Condor’ container services - often double-headed - the Class was relegated to local duties around North-West England. Only D5705 was retained for
