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The British Rail Class 28 (Metropolitan-Vickers Type 2) diesel locomotives or ‘Metrovicks’ as they were popularly known were built as part of the British Railways 1955 Modernisation Plan. 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 though not uncommon in other countries notably Japan.

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height (cm)
3.6576
length (km)
17.0688
width (mm)
2.4384
active years end year
1959-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
active years start year
1958-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
builder
Stockton-on-Tees, Metropolitan-Vickers
number built
20
top speed (kmh)
120.701

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