GBRF 66724 and 66722 pass Norton Jcn (Worcester) with 4Z89 Long Marston-Leeds Hunslet 10th June 2008. 722 was hitching a lift from being displayed at Long Marston Open Day.
66503 & 66534 haul this super powered Freightliner train through Moreton cutting on 21st September 2005. I believe the train was the 4S59 Southampton-Coatbridge although I cant be 100% sure.
Class 66 No. 66587 approaches Banbury with 4O14 Ditton to Southampton intermodal on 23/05/09.
Fastline EMD Class 66, 66301 hauls 4V09 12:10 Chaddesden - Portbury empty coal through Abbotswood, Worcestershire on 20/03/09.
One of the original duo of '5 Door' Freightliner low emission Class 66 MK II loco's No. 66951 is pictured here departing Rugby station having just coupled up with a rake of Railtrack liveried self discharge ballast hoppers. The working was most likely connected to the engineering work taking place in the Coventry area at the time. 20/08/05
66620 is pictured at Norton, Worcestershire hauling the 6M67 Bridgewater - Crewe flasks. The failure of 20307 at Bridgewater saw DRS commandeer the loco to haul the consist which included 37605 on 7th September 2006.
To complement the above shot of Freigtliner power on a DRS working here DRS' 66407 passes through Slindon, Staffordshire with a Freightliner Heavy Haul working. At the time two DRS 66's where on hire to FLHH allowing the rare sight of DRS traction on trainload and construction workings. The service was the 6G16 Stud Farm - Crewe Basford Hall spoil and the date was June 9th 2006, one of those summer days where the camera had to get some action - I nailed six freights here in a matter of hours in full sun, 28°C, shorts and t-shirt on... only gripe was the palisade fencing that NR had recently erected here.
66605 Location; Crewe Station Working; Lafarge Self Discharge Train.
66176 heads a Portbury coal service through Abbotswood during August 2006.
EWS/DBS Class 66 no. 66043 passes Banbury North Signal Box, Banbury with 4O53 04:33 Wakefield Europort to Eastleigh intermodal on 23/05/09.
66082 heads 6B36 07:32 Didcot Yard - Ashchurch MoD train north through Up Hatherley (Cheltenham) on 16/06/09. The train is formed of 7 KWA's (Carrying brand new army Mastiffs from the USA.) + 2 FCA's + 1 KFA + 8 VGA's. The Mastifss will be offloaded at Ashchurch before having addtional work done on them in the UK which will take them out of the UK loading gauge so will once modified they wont be able to be moved by rail.`
DBS 66125 backs 6B36 07:32 Didcot - Ashchurch MoD off the mainline into Ashchurch MoD, the reversal takes around 5 minutes.
DBS 66137 heads 6V40 02:41 MO Lackenby - Llanwern through Badgworth (Cheltenham) on 26/10/09.
DBS 66100 heads 6B36 07:32 Didcot Yard - Ashchurch MoD through Cheltenham on 24/06/09.
6621 heads 4V60 10:55 Calvert to Bristol Avon 'binliner' through Shrivenham on 13/10/09.
66094 powers a consist of track plant through Moreton on 21st September 2005.