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Class 66 General Motors/EMD Co-Co locomotives Diesel-electric heavy freight locomotives
Class 66 built 1998-2000 by General Motors/EMD, London, Ontario, Canada
(model JT42CWR low emission locos model JT42CWRM). Class 66 diesel
powered locomotives have electric transmission, maximum tractive effort
of Class 66 locos is 409 kN/92000 lbf, max. speed of Class 66
locomotives is 60/75 mph, weight of Class 66 locos is 127 tonnes. Class
66 locomotives were all originally powered by GM two engines of 2385 kW
(3200 hp). Class 66/3, Class 66/4, and some Class 66/5, Class 66/7 and
Class 66/9 locomotives have an EMD 2420 kW (3245 hp) engine.
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Class
66 are the most common heavy haul freight locomotives you will see on
standard gauge British Railways systems maintained by Network Rail or
private freight train operators like DRS, D B Schenker (Ex EWS), Colas
Rail, GBRf etc. Class 66 diesel electric locos are the most numerous
freight locomotives operating on UK railways, running many varied heavy
haul, intermodal freight trains in England, Wales and Scotland. *
Contemporary and Heritage-Preserved, Diesel, Diesel-Electric and Electric Locomotives Class 66 diesel locomotives illustrated: Class 66/0 locos 66005, 66009, 66011, 66016, 66021, 66022, 66034, 66039, 66050, 66053, 66056, 66057, 66060, 66064, 66068, 66078, 66086, 66091, 66099, 66100, 66101, 66103, 66104, 66107, 66108, 66109, 66117, 66125, 66126, 66130, 66131, 66132, 66133, 66145, 66150 66151 66160, 66165, 66177, 66181, 66187, 66188, 66194, 66198, 66205; Class 66/3 locos 66301, 66304, 66305, Class 66/4 locos 66414 66416 66422 66423 66424, 66427, 66428, 66430, 66431, 66432, 66433, 66434; Class 66/5 locos 66501, 66504, 66505, 66507, 66508, 66512, 66517, 66529, 66530, 66532, 66539, 66541, 66547, 66552, 66557, 66558, 66563, 66564, 66567, 66568, 66585, 66588, 66590 66596; Class 66/6 locos 66604, 66605, 66613 66618, 66621, 66622, 66623; Class 66/7 locos 66703, 66706, 66708, 66709, 66710, 66713, 66715, 66716, 66717, 66718, 66723, 66724, 66725, 66728, 66729, 66730, 66731, 66732, 66733, 66739, 66742, 66743, 66744, 66746, 66747, 66748, 66750, 66752, 66753, 66754, 66758, 66761, 66767, 66770, 66771, 66772, 66776, 66777, 66778, 66779, 66783, 66784, 66794, Class 66/8 locos 66849; Class 66/9 locos 66951, 66952, 66953, 66956
A DRS operated Class 66 diesel locomotive Class 66/4 66423 passing south through Settle station with a train of Network Rail wagons carrying concrete sleepers to Hunslet Tilcon GBRf Pendleton GBRf or Ashton-in-Makerfield Ks GBRF or Tuebrook Sidings GBRf ??? (July 2023)
(above/below) A Class 66 Freightliner diesel locomotive 66541 passing south through Nuneaton station with an intermodal freight train from Birmingham Lawley Street F.L.T to London Gateway Freightliner (March 2023).
(above/below) A Class 66 GBRf diesel locomotive passing south through Nuneaton station with empty ballast wagons from Crewe Basford Hall S.S.H to Cliff Hill Stud Farm Quarry (March 2023).
Class 66 diesel locomotive 66103 heading south through Nuneaton station with an inter-modal freight train from the Midlands (March 2023)
A pair of Freightliner Class 66 diesel freight locomotives (66596 and 66414) head south through Nuneaton station with a Crewe Basford Hall S.S.M to Southampton MCT intermodal freight train (March 2023).
Class 66/7 diesel electric locomotive Class 67 66731 CAPTAIN TOM MOORE (Thank You NHS) passing south through York station with the 0917 Tyne Coal Terminal to Drax power station freight train of biomass wagons
A very mucky DRS operated Class 66 diesel-electron 66126 parked at York Station (January 2023)
Class 66 diesel-electric locomotive 66563 in green Freightliner livery, surrounded by green trees!, travelling light at Blaby Bridge, Wigston, southwest of Leicester (May 10th 2022).
GB Railfreight EMD diesel locomotive Class 66/7 66794 named Steve Hannam, Class 66794 is kitted out with another heritage livery - British Railfreight triple grey livery plus the blue and yellow British Rail Railfreight decal icon (Nov 2021).
GBRf Railfreight EMD locomotive Class 66/7 66758 (blue/yellow livery) hauling a CEMEX cement train passed the yard of UK Rail Leasing at Leicester, a pair of Class 20 diesels on the right (Nov 2021)
Freightliner EMD Class 66/5 diesel 66564 passing the Leicester yard of UK Rail leasing with an intermodal freight train (Nov 2021)
A pair of DB Class 66 diesel locomotives (66009 leading 66109 - see below) hauling a train of 'empties' from Scunthorpe Roxby Gullet to Rossington Loading Point, they are being used to remove colliery waste and dump it as infill in Scunthorpe! (13/09/2019)
'Portrait' of DB operated Class 66 diesel locomotive 66109 named "Teesport Express" in the blue PD Ports Livery
DB Class 66 diesel locomotive 66188 hauling an intermodal freight train south through Newcastle station (13/09/2019).
Freightliner Class 66 locomotive 66552 passing Middlesbrough station, heading for Teesside docks with a freight train of mineral hoppers (August 2019)
DRS Class 66 locomotive 66431 parked at York Station (August 2019)
Intermodal freight train hauled by Class 66 locomotive 66770 (Peterborough, July 2019)
Peterborough (July 2019) Class 66 locomotive 66767 with intermodal freight train from Mexborough N&W GBRf to Felixstowe North GBRf
Class 66 GBRf locomotive 66585 with an intermodal London Gateway Freightliner to Leeds FLT (Peterborough station, July 2019)
Class 66 locomotives ZA723 (Ex 66723) and 66713 at Peterborough GBRf MTD (July 2019)
Class 66 locomotive 66783 named the "The Flying Dustman" in red Biffa livery, Peterborough GBRf MTD (July 2019)
Class 66 locomotive 66754 hauling a Middleton Towers to Barnby Dun Roc Glos passing through Grantham station (July 2019)
Class 66 locomotive 66164 with a freight train of steel empties, heading north through Grantham station (July 2019)
GBRf Class 66 diesel locomotive 66784 was named "Keighley & Worth Valley Railway 50th Anniversary 1968-2018" at Keighley station and doubled headed with 25059 on a special diesel run as part of the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, 50th Anniversary gala week celebrations in June 2018
Just south of Settle, Class 66 diesel locomotive 66772 heading north by the River Ribble with a train of empty limestone wagons.
Class 66 66956 lead by 70015 at Lincoln with a Leeds F.L.T to Felixstowe North F.L.T (Feb 2nd 2018)
Class 66 (Class 66/7) 66779 "EVENING STAR" in British Railways brunswick green livery. The livery and name on 66779 were chosen to 'honour' (honor!) the last Class 66 diesel-electric locomotive to be built for the UK and the last steam locomotive to built in 1968 (See 9F 2-10-0 92220 EVENING STAR). All the following photographs of Class 66779 were taken at Wansford on the Nene Valley Railway 'Mixed Traffic Gala" in September 2017
66779 at Wansford ready for its 1st duty of the day.
For one of the trains Class 66 66779 paired up with 31271 for a double-header from Wansford to Peterborough and return.
Class 66 66779 double heading with 31271
DRS Class 66 diesel locomotive 66432 parked at York station (21/03/17)
Still in the old EWS livery, DB Cargo UL Rail Class 66 locomotive 66145 passing south through Skipton station with a gravel freight train.
In the evening light at Ely station (08/03/17), GBRf Class 66 diesel-electric locomotive 66753 "EMD Roberts Road" heading west with an inter modal freight train from Felixstowe North GBRf to Masbrough N&W.
GBRF Class 66 diesel locomotive 66725 "SUNDERLAND" passing south through Skipton station with a freight train of ? wagons (June 2017)
Class 66 diesel locomotive 66725 still called SUNDERLAND but a slightly different livery than in 2017 (see above) Re-photographed at Doncaster Sept 13th 2019.
GBRf Class 66 diesel 66776 hauling a Network Rail train of ballast wagons north-east through Leicester station heading for Whitemore recycling plant (18/01/17)
Freightliner Class 66 diesel locomotive 66501 "Japan 2001" passing south through Peterborough Station with an intermodal freight train (Nov 2016).
Class 66/3, DRS Class 66 diesel locomotive 66305 entering Leeming Bar station with a train from Redmire (Wensleydale Rail Beer Festival, Wensleydale Railway, May 2016)
Class 66 Freightliner diesel locomotive 66504 hauling a 'light' intermodal freight train heading south from Teesside through Northallerton station.
DRS Class 66 (Class 66/4) diesel locomotive 66432 passing south through Wigan NW with a Network Rail Carlisle N.Y. to Crewe Bas Hall S.S.M. freight train (March 16th 2016)
Class 66/4 diesel Class 66 66432 passing north through Carlisle station with two empty flat wagons from Crewe C.S. to Motherwell T.M.D (31/08/2016)
DBS Class 66 diesel locomotive 66133 hauling a freight train south from Teesside on the lower loop line (near the level crossing) that bypasses Northallerton station.
GBRf Class 66 diesel-electric locomotive 66761 named "Wensleydale Railway Association 25 years 1990 - 2015" to honour the great work done by all the people involved in running and developing the lovely heritage railway - WENSLEYDALE RAILWAY
Class 66/7 diesel locomotive 66752 "The Hoosier State"
GBRf Class 66 diesel 66752 'The Hoosier State' hauling a coal freight train from Tyne Coal Terminal Gbrf to Lynemouth Power Stn (Gbrf) passing through Newcastle station in March 2016, with Newcastle Castle Keep in the distant left.
Freightliner Class 66 diesel 66622 (Class 66/6) hauling a fine gravel train south-east through Peterborough station (Nov 2016).
DRS Class 66/4 locomotive 66427 heading south through Hellifield station with a Network Rail freight train of under gravel and ballast from Carlisle to Crewe (August 2015).
Freightliner Class 66 locomotive 66557 with a Felixstowe to Doncaster freight train passing though Peterborough station (Nov 2016)
GBRf Class 66 locomotive 66724 "Drax Power station" hauling a WBB Minerals train north through Doncaster station (July 2015)
GBRf Class 66 diesel locomotive 66754 "Northampton Saints" hauling the Selby - Felixstowe inter-modal freight train, south through Doncaster station
GBRf Class 66 diesel locomotive Class 66/7 66729 passing south through Newcastle with a heavy haul train of coal hopper wagons.
Freightliner Class 66 diesel locomotive 66539 hauling a freight train of empty flat wagons passing eastwards through Didcot Station in 2010, Ex EWS (now DBS) Class 66 loco 66022 waits in a siding.
GBRf Class 66 diesel locomotive 66716 heading south through Newcastle station with coal hopper wagons.
Above: Class 66 GBRf diesel locomotive 66739 with full hopper wagons of coal heading south of Northallerton Below: Class 66 GBRf diesel 66730 heading north towards Northallerton with coal empties (June 2015)
GBRf Class 66/7 diesel locomotive Class 66 66744 with a freight train of biomass from Tyne Coal Terminal GBRf to DRAX Aes GBRf power station terminal, here just west of Low Gates level crossing in Northallerton, just before joining the East coast Mainline in April 2015
Class 66/1 diesel locomotive Class 66 66150 passing Low Gates level crossing in Northallerton with a Scunthorpe B.S.C. to Lackenby (Ent. C) B.S.C. steel bar freight train (code 638G). April 2015
Ex EWS, now DBS, Class 66 diesel locomotive 66130 and Class 66 diesel 66104 in the lovely setting Skipton. DB Schenker Class 66 diesel locomotives are used for hauling limestone trains from Swinden Quarry. Class 66 66104 is seen running around the loop to head the limestone train to Redcar iron & steel works after bringing the heavy haul wagons down from the branch-line to the quarry.
An Ex EWS diesel locomotive (Class 66 66056) operated by DB Schenker heading south through Newcastle Central station with a DBS freight train of full coal hoppers, probably from Hunterston port in Scotland to Drax Power Station in South Yorkshire.
DBS Class 66 diesel locomotive 66187 passing Middlesbrough station, eastbound with freight train of steel from Tees N.Y. to Skinningrove B.S.C. (Dec 2014).
A Class 66 diesel hauled Freightliner heavy haul freight train passing north through Newcastle Central station (Class 66/6 locomotive 66605, March 2015).
Freightliner Class 66 diesel locomotive 66512 passing Middlesbrough station with a westbound freight train of empty lime hopper wagons from Redcar B.S.C. to Thrislington Steetley (Dec 2014).
Freightliner Class 66/5 diesel Class 66 66512 passing southwest through Leicester station with a freight train of sleepers from Parkeston SS GBRf to Washwood Heath R.H.C. (08/03/17)
A GBRf Class 66 diesel-electric locomotive Class 66/7 66750 hauled heavy haul of coal hopper wagons passing through York on the Holgate Yard loop (October 17th 2014).
Class 66 diesel locomotive 66056 heading north-west towards Leicester near Kibworth with the 'Castle Cement' empties from London St Pancras to Ketton Works.
Ex EWS Class 66/0 131 (diesel locomotive 66131 (built-delivered 1998-2000 for EWS)) parked at Skipton Station, these Class 66 diesel locomotives at Skipton haul the limestone heavy haul freight trains from Swinden Quarry near Rylstone north of Skipton. See more pictures below.
Class 66 locomotives working on Teesside: Class 66 diesel locomotive 66050 'EWS Energy' leaves Tees Marshalling Yard with empty limestone hoppers of the Redcar Steel to Tarmac's Rylstone Swinden Quarry freight train (August 2014), not running any more as Redcar Steel has closed for business!
A mineral train of limestone or lime filled wagons from Swinden Quarry in the lovely Yorkshire Dales hauled by Class 66 EWS locomotive 66/0 66 011 (66011 (built-delivered 1998-2000 for EWS)).
Although the Class 66 diesel locomotives haul the limestone trains, the Tarmac Swinden Quarry has its own powerful diesel shunter named 'Cracoe' after the local village nearby (see below). The huge powerful 6w-6wDH diesel hydraulic shunter 'Cracoe' has worked at the Swinden Limeworks near the villages of Rylstone and Cracoe, south of Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales, since it was built for the task in 1994 and is a 2 x 6 wheel drive shunter built by RFS engineering at Doncaster Works.
Class 66 diesel locomotive 66039 enters the Tees Marshalling Yard with the Scunthorpe to Redcar & Lackenby steel slab freight train.
Class 66/0 diesel locomotive operated by DB Schenker, Class 66 loco 66100 at the Tees Marshalling Yard near Thornaby, Middlesbrough on Teesside.
DRS Class 66 diesel locomotive 66423 passing south through Carlisle station with a Network Rail ballast train from Carlisle to Crewe
Class 66 66005 (ex EWS) Jaguar car empties service operated by DB Schenker from Halewood passing south through Crewe station
A pair of DRS Class 66 diesel locomotives with a Coatbridge-Daventry intermodal freight train, Class 66426 leading, 2nd Class 66 66303, passing south through Carlisle station
DRS Class 66 diesel-electric locomotives 66301 and 66431 (also below) by York station
Class 66/4 DRS Class 66 diesel locomotive 66431 parked at York Station.
Class 66 diesel-electric locomotive 66618 heading north-west with an intermodal freight train, by-passing York station to enter Holgate marshalling yard.
GBRf Class 66/7 diesel-electric locomotive Class 66 66715 "VALOUR - IN MEMORY OF ALL RAILWAY EMPLOYEES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY" running light at Stratford Station.
Class 66 locomotive 66091 (built-delivered 1998-2000 for EWS) entering Barnetby Station with loaded coal hoppers from Immingham Docks to Cottam power stations on the River Trent in Nottinghamshire. Class 66 haul large numbers of coal trains from Immingham Docks to various power station in the Midlands and Northern England.
A northbound GBRf train hauled by Class 66/7 diesel locomotive 733 (loco 66733 (built-delivered 2003 for DRS), was Class 66/3 401, loco 66401), south of York, August 2013.
Class 66/9 locomotive 66952 (built-delivered 2004) with a Freightliner operated service of NACCO wagons, passing westwards from Teesside at Middlesbrough station
Ex EWS Class 66 locomotive 66132 (built-delivered 1998-2000 for EWS) hauling a coal train south through Newcastle Station.
DBS Class 66 66151 diesel-electric locomotive hauling a freight train of coal empties train from Milford to Hunterston
A Freightliner Class 66 diesel-electric locomotive 66952 hauled train of heavy haul of empty coal hopper wagons from York to Hunterston heading north through Carlisle station
Class 66 locomotive 66009 (built-delivered 1998-2000 for EWS) entering Barnetby Station with a coal train from Immingham Docks to Scunthorpe steelworks.
GBRf Class 66/7 locomotive 748 (66748, built-delivered 2003), in grey livery, ex a European Dutch company on the Continent), hauling a freight train of empty biomass hopper wagons, heading north towards York at Colton Junction.
The new biomass renewable fuel wagons for Drax Power Station. Ferrybridge C Power Station is hoping to operate a biomass fuelled generator by 2015. Class 66 locomotives haul these biomass hopper wagon trains from Tyne Dock to these West Yorkshire power stations.
Class 66 locomotive 66547 (built-delivered 2001 for Freightliner) passing through Barnetby station hauling a freight train of empty coal hoppers to Immingham
Freightliner locomotive Class 66/6 623 (locomotive 66623 BOB BOLSOVER (built-delivered 2007)) used for freight trains of Bardon Aggregates, travelling light through Sheffield Station
In the bright late autumn afternoon sunlight Class 66 locomotive 66181 (built-delivered 1998-2000 for EWS) hauls a train of coal empties through Barnetby station en route to Immingham Docks. The long shadows from a bright sunny day in autumn 2013.
A Class 321 EMU train passes a Class 66 (66504 & 66568) double-headed freight train, both entering east-bound into Stratford Station.
Class 66/0 locomotive 194 (loco 66194 (built-delivered 1998-2000 for EWS))
EWS hauled heavy freight train of empty? coal? hopper wagons, southbound on the East Coast mainline at Colton Junction south of York, hauled by 66194.
DBS (DB Schenker, ex EWS) Class 66 diesel locomotive heading north-west towards Leicester near Kibworth with the 'Castle Cement' empties from London St Pancras to Ketton Works (in Rutland) (6F93 ? freight train)
A DB Schenker operated Class 66 freight locomotive 66104 passing south through Carlisle station with a Carlisle Yard to Tyne Yard maintenance train
Class 66/4 Freight locomotive Class 66 66430 (66 430 (built-delivered 2007 for DRS)) standing near York Station, livery of DRS Direct Rail Services
Type Class 66/3 66304 ( (built-delivered 2008) DRS diesel locomotive 66 304 in DRS livery) diesel-electric locomotive waiting at Platform 3 with southbound mixed freight container train. (intermodal carrier).
A Class 66 locomotive 66717 'Good Old Boy' (built-delivered 2003), hauling a GBRf freight train of ballast hopper wagons entering Newcastle Station heading south.
Class 66 locomotive 66618 (built-delivered 2003 for Freightliner) hauling a freight train of full coal hopper wagons from Immingham Docks to Scunthorpe steel works entering Barnetby station.
A GBRf heavy freight train of full coal hopper wagons, south of York, hauled by Class 66/7 locomotive 706 (loco 66706 named 'Nene Valley' (built-delivered 2001)
Class 66 diesel-electric locomotive 66107 (built-delivered 1998-2000 for EWS) hauling a freight train of full coal hopper wagons through Barnetby station with a heavy haul service to Drax Power station.
Diesel-electric locomotive Class 66 66186 entering Market Harborough station with a heavy haul freight train of VTG bogie tippler wagons
Joining the east coast mainline from the Leeds line, Freightliner container freight train hauled by Class 66/5 66505 (loco 66 505 (built-delivered 1999), dark green and yellow revised Freightliner livery) heading north towards York at Colton Junction south of York (June 2013).
Freightliner freight train of tanker wagons hauled by a Class 66 diesel locomotive Class 66/6 66606 passing north through Market Harborough station
A Class 66/0 diesel locomotive 109 (66109 (built-delivered 1998-2000 for EWS)) hauling an EWS train of hopper wagons northbound from the Leeds line, passing a TransPennine express heading for Leeds at Colton Junction south of York.
Class 66 66160 (66 160, in ex EWS livery (built-delivered 1998-2000)) heading south-west through Newcastle Central Station with a freight train.
Class 66/5 locomotive 66539 (built-delivered 2001 for Freightliner) heading east out of Barnetby station with a freight train of empty coal hopper wagons bound for Immingham docks.
Ex EWS locomotive hauled freight train of concrete/steel? blocks, heading towards York at Colton Junction, hauled by Class 66 locomotive 078 (loco 66078 (built-delivered 19998-2000))
Freightliner freight train hauled by Class 66/5 529 (diesel locomotive 66529 (built-delivered 2001)) passing south through York station
EWS freight train heading south through York station, hauled by Class 66/0 131 (loco 66131 (built-delivered 1998-2000))
In the evening sunlight at Barnetby station, Class 66 diesel locomotive 66086 (built-delivered 1998-2000 for EWS) hauling empty coal hoppers back to Immingham Docks.
Another shot of Class 66 66086 at Peterborough (29/11/16) with a freight train of steel 'empties' from Dollands Moor (Folkestone) to Scunthorpe Steel Works.
Class 66/7 718 (66718 GWYNETH DUNWOODY (built-delivered 2006 for GBRf)) with a GB Railfreight Metronet heavy haul freight train heading north through Northallerton Station.
A Class 66 Colas Rail Freight hauled heavy freight train heading south through Northallerton station (hopper wagons of gravel?)
above & below: Class 66/9 diesel locomotive 66953 (built-delivered 2008 for Freightliner) hauling ballast hoppers heading north-east from Newcastle.
Ex EWS Class 66/0 66 125 (locomotive 66125 (built-delivered 1998-2000 for EWS)) hauled freight train of gravel aggregates passing through Sheffield station
Class 66 517 (locomotive 66517 (built-delivered 2000)) hauling a Freightliner train of container wagons northwards through Northallerton Station
A GBRf freight train heading north with empty coal hopper wagons hauled by Class 66 732 (locomotive 66732 (built-delivered 2008)) at Colton Junction south of York August 2013.
Class 66/7 are operated by GBRf, here Class 66 diesel-electric locomotive 66732 "GBRf The First Decade 1999-2009 John Smith - MD" passes west through Stratford Station with a west-bound intermodal freight train.
A Freightliner train of empty coal wagon hoppers south of York at Colton Junction, hauled by Class 66 locomotive 507 (66507 (built-delivered 2000)).
EWS freight train of empty hopper wagons, heading north to York from the Leeds line at Colton Junction hauled by Class 66/0 locomotive 021 (66021 (built-delivered 1998-200)).
Freightliner coal hopper wagon train at Colton Junction south of York heading south down the line towards Leeds hauled by Class 66 diesel locomotive 530 (loco 66530 (built-delivered 2001)).
Above and below: Class 66/7 locomotive 718 (66718) named Gwyneth Dunwoody hauling a GBRf train of full coal hopper wagons heading south on the East Coast mainline south of York and then later in the day returning to Tyne Dock? with empty coal hopper wagons.
Diesel locomotive Class 66 725 (loco 66725 SUNDERLAND (built-delivered 2006 for GBRf GB Railfreight)) heading through Nuneaton station with a northbound intermodal freight train (Oct 2013).
GBRf Class 66 66725 diesel locomotive hauling a coal train south through Newcastle station.
Class 66/5 locomotive 66567 hauled Freightliner inter-modal freight train passing east through Stratford Station en-route to Felixstowe.
Profile of Class 66 diesel-electric locomotive 66567 Blue liveried GBRf Class 66/7 diesel freight locomotives 66718 Gwyneth Dunwoody and 66716 LOCOMOTIVE & CARRIAGE INSTITUTION CENTENARY 1911-2011 at Peterborough stabling point.
Blue liveried GBRf Class 66/7 freight locomotives 66708 Jayne and grey liveried 66748 at Peterborough stabling point.
Deep in the south-east of France, somewhere south of Bourg-en-Bresse on the TGV route to Chambery, EWS liveried Class 66 locomotives 66064 and 66205
Class 66 068 (diesel locomotive 66068 built 1998-2000 for EWS) heading south through Nuneaton station with a container freight train
Class 66/6 604 (Class 66 diesel-electric loco 66604 (built-delivered Freightliner 2000)) heading south through Doncaster station with a freight train of coal hopper wagons.
Profile shot of Class 66/5 558 (locomotive 66558) at Doncaster
GBRf operated Class 66/7 708 (loco 66708, named JAYNE (built-delivered 2002)) heading south through Doncaster station with a container train
above/below) Class 66/5 557 (Freightliner operated locomotive 66557 (built-delivered 2002)) with a coal train at Doncaster
above/below: Profile of M.S.C. operated Class 66/7 709, locomotive 66709 Sorrento at Doncaster (blue livery with an image of a container ship (built-delivered for GBRf in 2002))
above/below: M.S.C. operated Class 66/7 locomotive 66709 SORRENTO heading north through Doncaster station with empty coal hopper wagons.
A GBRf operated Class 66/7 locomotive 66742 (was 66406, 66841, built-delivered 2003 for DRS) entering Doncaster station, heading south with a coal train.
Class 66 (Class 66/5) diesel-electric locomotive 66590 (built-delivered 2007 for Freightliner) with an intermodal train of container wagons heading north through Northallerton station before branching north-east to Teesside.
Ex EWS, DB Schenker operated Class 66/0 locomotive 66034 (built-delivered 1998-2000 for EWS) with a freight train heading south at Northallerton station with a coal train from Tyne Dock, the train of coal coppers joins the East coast mainline from the lines to Teesside at Northallerton junction. Class 66 locomotives are regularly seen on the East Coast Main Line and the other lines between Tyneside and Teesside, in fact I've never seen any other freight locomotive in the area except the Class 66s!
Freightliner operated Class 66 Class 66/5 diesel locomotive 66529 (built-delivered 2001) passing through Middlesbrough Station with a freight train bound for Teesside.
GBRf Class 66/7 electric-diesel locomotive 66744 (named Crossrail (was 66408, 66843, built-delivered 2003 for DRS)) passing north at quite high speed with a freight train of hopper wagons, moving north through Northallerton station. Class 66 loco 66744 was 66408 and 66843.
DRS Class 66/4 diesel locomotive Class 66 66433 parked at the southwest end of York station (January 2015)
Freightliner Class 66/5 diesel locomotive 66508 (built-delivered 2000) passing north at quite high speed with a freight train heading north through Northallerton station, not sure what was in the hopper wagons?
Class 66 diesel locomotive Class 66/0 66117 (ex EWS built 1998-2000) hauling a coal train south through York Station.
GBRF Class 66 diesel locomotive Class 66/7 66710 'Phil Packer BRIT' (built-delivered 2002 for GBRf), hauling a renewable biomass freight train passing south through York Station from the River Tyne to a Midlands power station.
GBRf Class 66 diesel locomotives at their depot at Peterborough, Class 66 66710 and Class 66 66703 (snapshots from a East Coast mainline train!).
Class 66 locomotive 66057 heads north towards Leicester with a Network Rail freight train of hopper wagons of gravel-ballast passing Wigston South Junction.
Class 66 66849 the Carlisle Yard to Chirk log train (Colas Rail Freight) passing through Lancaster station (April 2014)
Class 66 66424 hauling a DRS intermodal freight train passing north through Lancaster station
Class 66 GBRf diesel locomotive Class 66/7 grey liveried 66747 heading north with a coal hopper freight train through York station
Class 66 diesel locomotive 66108 travelling light northbound through Northallerton station.
A Freightliner Class 66 66588 locomotive heading for tunnel underpass for freight trains near Crewe station.
Freightliner Class 66 diesel locomotive 66951 running light through Carlisle station
A Freightliner Class 66 diesel locomotive (Class 66/6 66613) hauling a freight train of empty cement wagons from Seaham Harbour (in background) in Co. Durham in north-east England to Lafarge Oxwellmains cement works south of Dunbar in Scotland.
A double-header of two Ex EWS DBS Class 66 diesel-electric locomotives (66126 and 66041) working the Castle Cement St Pancras to Ketton works empty hopper train through Market Harborough station
Colas Class 66/8 diesel locomotive 66849 at Carlisle station hauling the softwood log train from Carlisle Yard Colas Rail to Chirk Kronospan Colas Rail for the chipboard factory.
A busy Class 66 diesel locomotive scene at Tees Yard, near Thornaby, northeast England, Class 66 66165 passing east with coal/limestone? hoppers, Class 66 66053 is refuelling and beyond another Class 66 diesel is shunting steel bar wagons.
A GBRf Class 66 diesel locomotive 66728 passing south through York station with a freight train of full heavy haul coal hopper wagons (March 2015).
DRS Class 66 locomotive 66433 at York station.
Class 66 diesel locomotive 66177 passing north through York station with a very short two truck freight train (July 10th 2016)
Class 66 hauled Network Rail ballast train by-passing York station heading north on the Holgate sidings loop (March 2015)
Class 66 loco 66027 passing south through York station with empty coal hoppers.
Class 66 66060 diesel locomotive in a swathe of ex EWS wagons in Tees Yard near Thornaby (April 2015).
Red liveried DB Schenker Class 66 66101 hauling a freight train of hopper wagons south by Doncaster station
A unidentified Freightliner Class 66 diesel locomotive hauls a freight train of clay wagons northeast out of Leicester, passing the UK rail leasing depot with its class 56 locomotives awaiting refurbishment. (May 2015)
Class 66 diesel 66016 with a heavy haul freight from Teesside, passing on the lower loop at Northallerton (July 2016)
GB Railfreight's Class 66 diesel locomotive 66746 at the head of the Belmond Royal Scotsman en route to Llandudno from Edinburgh Waverley station (2016)
GBRf Class 66 loco 66743 brings up the rear of the Belmond Royal Scotsman
DBS Class 66 diesel 66099 at Carlisle station (31/08/2016) with a Network Rail ballast freight run from Carlisle North Yard to Tyne S.S.
Class 66 locomotive 66016 passing through Carlisle station (31/08/2016) with a liquid china clay freight train from Warrington Bank Quay to Irvine Caledonian Paper, Glasgow) The clay tanks are leased from NACCO
66422 Carlisle North Yard to Crewe Basford Hall S.S.M. with a Network Rail ballast train (31/08/2016)
Class 66 loco 66304 running light north through Carlisle station on a driver training session (31/08/2016)
Class 66 diesel locomotive 66703 hauling a Bio-Mass train from Liverpool Docks to Drax power station (05/09/2016)
Freightliner Class 66 locomotive 66621 running south light through Crewe station (05/09/2016)
Freightliner Class 66 diesel locomotive 66532 named "P&O Nedlloyd Atlas" at Peterborough (Nov 2016) with an intermodal freight train from Felixstowe to Leeds
GBRf Class 66771 diesel locomotive hauling an intermodal freight train south through Peterborough station heading south-east for Felixstowe (29/11/16)
Freightliner Class 66 locomotive 66510 hauling an oil tank train from Ipswich to Lindsey Oil Refinery passing north through xyz (29/11/16)
Class 66/9 diesel 66956 at Crewe (18/01/17)
Class 66 diesel 66198 passing south through Northallerton station with a heavy haul load of iron ore? wagons from Teesside to ? (June 10th 2017)
Two DRS Class 66 (Class 66/4) diesel locomotives 66434 and 66428 (also below in profile) at York station (July 2017)
GB Railfreight Class 66 locomotive GBRF 66778 "Darius Cheskin" at Leicester, with a Network Rail gravel wagons (Oct 8th 2017)
Freightliner Class 66 diesel locomotive 66547 passing through Ely station with a Leeds - Felixstowe inter-modal freight train (Oct 8th 2017)
Freightliner Class 66 diesel locomotive 66416 with a long intermodal freight train passing north through Peterborough Station (Jan 2020)
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