Class 28: Metro-Vick Type 2 Co-Bo

[Strathclyder]

Carlisle Citadel station, 1967 was my only sighting of a Co-Bo working a train. We'd been on a school spotting trip to Upperby and Kingmoor (we saw 40 Britannias in one day IIRC!) and were waiting for the train back to Preston (hauled by an EE Type 4) when a Co-Bo trundled through the station heading south with a mixed unfitted goods train. I remember the distinctive noise of the engine. Hopefully D5705 will be restored to working order work one day - in my lifetime hopefully!

As to the bolded part, same. It's a long, slow, but from what I can gather, very meticulous project (no surprise there, given D5705's one-off status). I too am eagerly looking forward to the day it runs under it's own power again; would expect it's first revenue-earning train to be packed to the rafters!