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The Met-Vicks (or 'Cheeseboxes' as they were known by the trainspotting fraternity at Seascale, in West Cumbria) finished their days on the Carnforth - Whitehaven - Carlisle line. There were 20 of them - D5700 - D5719, mostly allocated to Barrow( - in - Furness) - 12C shedcode. As someone quite correctly pointed out, they weren't very reliable. I used to travel on a chartered school train between Seascale and Egremont. In the morning it was an Ivatt 4MT (43006 and 43106 were regulars), but at night , it was a Black 5. However, on a Friday, the loco home was always an odd-ball - usually NOT a local loco. On only 1 occasion did they put a Met-Vick on our evening train - and that broke down at Sellafield!
One Met-Vick you never saw was D5702, as it was under permanent repair at Barrow Shed.
Before arriving in Cumbria, I beleive that they worked in and around the Sheffield area, though I could be wrong
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