Class 66 - EWS Maroon - 66001

Class 66 - EWS Maroon - 66001The 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

still in 'Dutch' colours

vacuum and steam pipes

these figures are designed and produced in the UK specifically for Accurascale

‘thunderbird’

which MDO did not carry

Never before produced in ready-to-run form in any scale

368169 (Barry Logo)

being delivered to the North Eastern Region Civil Engineer’s Department at Etherley Tip in Witton

66769 has settled back into squadron service with other members of the GBRf class 66 family and can be seen working all manner of trains across the length and breadth of the country

22416 B MSO

Original Chimney

Luckily it was bought by scrap merchant Dai Woodham and spent a number of years languishing before being moved to the Dean Forest Railway and returned to steam in 1984