Class 66 - EWS Maroon - 66001 - DCC Sound Fitted Livery_CIE the look of the revised

the look of the revised NSE locomotives had settled down with a more consistent application

it completed its heavy general overhaul at Doncaster in April 1987 emerging in the soon to be obsolete Railfreight Red-Stripe and was notably the last member of the class to be dual-braked as part of the ‘refurbishment’ programme

exactly one year after it was placed into store

new to Stratford in March 1959 and withdrawn from Bescot in May 1997

PowerPack stay-alive system and dual speaker configuration to reproduce the characteristic sound and function of a  Hunslet Austerity Saddle tank at work

Class 66 - EWS Maroon - 66001 - DCC Sound Fitted Livery_CIE the look of the revisedThe arrival of 66001 on to British soil at 08: 53 on the 18th of Aprill 1998 heralded a new dawn for British rail freight, the first of several hundred locomotives of a type that would revolutionise Railfreight across the UK (and Europe). There were a few subtle differences between the first two and the rest of the production batch which have never been replicated before on a model. Firstly the lashing eyes to secure the locomotive to the ship were in