Class 66 - Freightliner (60th Anniversary) - 66501

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Class 66 - Freightliner (60th Anniversary) - 6650166501 was the first Class 66 to arrive in the UK for another operator, in this case Freightliner, on 17 July 1999 aboard the M. V. Gajah Borneo. On 19 July 1999, the locomotive was formally handed over at Newport Docks before making its way to Ipswich for acceptance. It settled into normal Freightliner intermodal operations and gained the name Japan 2001 to commemorate Freightliners support of the Japan 2001 Festival. It remained in this condition

Great Western livery:

it had no idea what colourful future awaited it when it was released from the ‘Plant’ in the then brash large logo look

the “Jazz” services

Unlike their cousins north of the border

A pair of 3D printed figures custom scanned and produced to fit perfectly in the accurascale 37

Rewinding to happier days

31407 - Mainline Blue - Exclusive

DRS multiple-working socket on nose

black and white making it one of the most recognisable locomotives on the current railway network

Utilising a version of Bulleid’s patented triangulated chassis developed as the basis for a variety of CIÉ wagons

Valley loading point

26602 - CIE