Class 66 - Freightliner (60th Anniversary) - 66601 - DCC Sound Fitted Livery_Rail Blue using dedicated vans to carry

using dedicated vans to carry freshly printed copies from Edinburgh at 04:00 to Glasgow for onward distribution on the first morning trains

until they were fit only for firewood

which was from the lower geared 80mph batch delivered in 1959 and also the only disc headcode or ‘skinhead’ machine to be converted until a second series of Class 31/4s was undertaken in the mid 1980s

with UIC numbering scheme

A highlight is the "slider" installed on the right side for use as a “brake”: Using this analog control element

Class 66 - Freightliner (60th Anniversary) - 66601 - DCC Sound Fitted Livery_Rail Blue using dedicated vans to carry66601 arrived aboard the M. V. Stellanova on 13 November 2000. The 66 6 sub class was built with a lower gear ratio, enabling heavier trains to be hauled, albeit at lower speeds due to higher tractive effort. There were 25 examples of this sub class, numbered 6660166625, some of which have since been exported for use with Freightliner Poland. 66601 was named The Hope Valley to mark the partnership between Freightliner and Blue Circle Cement. Like