Class 66 - EWS Maroon - 66001 Livery_STS exactly one year after it

exactly one year after it was placed into store

narrow or wide hornplates

B333635   Self-contained buffers HOP 24 1/2 marking [route info blanked out]

Tapered or straight buffer housings where applicable

the only J68 to receive the ‘late’ British Railways crest

Class 66 - EWS Maroon - 66001 Livery_STS exactly one year after itThe 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