Doncaster, Toton and Barrow Hill - 1990 

Lasted 63 years! 1957 to 2019

1989 to 2019. Long record.

One of their nicknames was "wardrobes" for obvious reasons. The 20s were seen solo in their early days, and were often given tasks beyond their design capabilities as steam was being culled before suitable replacements were ready. However they were one of, if not *the* most successful of the modernisation plan diesels, so were worked in pairs on bigger jobs. They even did summer passenger runs from the East Midlands to Skegness where the lack of steam heating wasn't an issue (much!) I read somewhere they were originally designed to be worked cab last, as drivers used to a boiler in front were concerned about track flicker, or maybe superstitious in the event of a collision. Whatever, they are nearly always shown cab front.

@@borderlands6606 Ah thank you for all that info. Makes more sense now. Cheers!

Also known as choppers. Which just seemed to suit them perfectly.

up until the beginning of the nineties we used to have four of them on the heavy coal trains running out of Liverpool docks. They made some noise.

jess H I think you’ll be looking to be winning the euro millions lol