Category:British Rail Class 66
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- Main Wikipedia article: British Rail Class 66
For locomotives in France, see Euro Cargo Rail Class 66.
Sub-classes [edit]
Minor differences between different orders, and different operating companies have resulted in a number of subclasses being defined:
| Subclass | Number built (year) | TOPS number range | Operators | Comments
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66/0 | 250 | 66001-66250 | DBS | The original order of 250; the first loco arrived at Immingham in 1998 |
| 66/3 | 5 | 66301-66305 | Fastline | Ordered to service a coal contract |
| 66/4 | 24 | 66411-66434 | DRS | Some are used on nuclear flask traffic - for which they are overpowered. |
| 6 | 66401-66405, 66410 | Off-lease | ||
| 66/5 | 95 | 66501-66599 | Freightliner | Replaced en:Class 47s on Intermodal freight. 66521 written-off after Great Heck crash, 66582, 66583, 66584, 66586 are active in Poland. |
| 66/6 | 25 | 66601-66625 | Freightliner | Top speed of 65 mph - reduced gearing to cope with heavier oil, aggregates and cement trains. |
| 66/7 | 32 | 66701-66732 | GBRf | One operates on engineering work for Metronet on London's underground lines |
| 66/8 | 2 | 66841-66842 | Colas Rail | Former DRS 66/4 |
| 2 | 66843-66844 | Off-lease | ||
| 66/9 | 7 | 66951-66957 | Freightliner | A lower emission variant - fuel capacity reduced due to increase mass of other components - the overall mass remains the same |
Subcategories
This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total.
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