Class 66 - EWS - 66017 - DCC Sound Fitted66017 arrived in the UK aboard the M. V. Fairmast and was unloaded at Newport Docks on 31 October 1998, wearing the maroon and gold house colours of operator EWS. Built without buckeye coupling and mirrors, it gained the former in 2002 and the latter in 2005. Otherwise an anonymous Class 66 in the fleet, it does have the standout feature of being one of the three tripcock fitted Class 66s available for use over the Metropolitan line. Still in the

Length: 328 mm

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Easy conversion to Kadee-compatiable knuckle couplers

That's not all

it was eventually taken into stock in October 1996 at Crewe International Electric Maintenance Depot some two years after the opening of the Channel Tunnel

with two uniquely numbered 40’ Containers

with supplies of pulpwood coming from Canada and Scandinavia

an embellishment never given to 37409

The locomotive is finished in early 1960s condition as allocated to 30A Stratford and during its glory days of passenger service on the Great Eastern main line and in charge of such iconic workings as the Liverpool-Harwich boat trains

notably the grilles and the area above the cab windows

PowerPack stay-alive system and dual speaker configuration to reproduce the characteristic sound and function of an BR Class 50 at work

Toilet facilities do not appear to have been provided