The only remaining Clayton (designated by BR as a Class

17 even though they never carried TOPS numbers) D8568 approaches Bewdley with the 13.47 Kidderminster to Bridgnorth diesel gala service. Whilst the concept of the design was sound and the forward a rearward vision was excellent the locomotives came too late and were notoriously unreliable in service. Notice the recess on the lower cab side for the automated tablet exchange mechanism that was used on the Scottish Region for which these Claytons were built.