66432 - Direct Rail Services Class 66/4
66432 at Gt. Yarmouth station on rail head treatment work.
66432 has prominent history with its railtours, particularly the 'Cumbrian Crusader II' and 'The Cat & Dock', double heading each journey with 66843 and 68026 respectively.
Number: 66432
Class: 66/4
Builder: Electro-Motive Diesel, Ontario, Canada
Owner: Direct Rail Services
Year delivered: 2008
Length: 70 ft. 2 in. (21.39 m)
Height: 12 ft. 10 in. (3.91 m)
Width: 8 ft. 8 in. (2.63 m)
Gauge: 4 ft. 8.5 in. (1,435 mm)
Weight: 127.55 ton
Fuel capacity: 1,408 gal. (6,400 litres)
Power type: Diesel-electric
Engine: EMD 710, 139.6 litre (8,520 cu. in.) two stroke, V-12 turbocharged diesel
Power output: 3,245 hp (2,420 kW)
Maximum speed: 75 mph (121 km/h
After reviewing their Class 59's in 1996, English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) approached its builder, Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), for a locomotive to reduce operating costs and increase availability.
EMD offered their JT42CWR model, which had the same loading gauge-passing bodyshell as the Class 59. The engine and traction motors were different models to enable higher speeds, and the Class 66's incorporated General Motors' version of a 'self-steering bogie', designed to reduce track wear and increase adhesion on curves.
The initial classification was as Class 61, then they were subsequently given the Class 66 designation in the British classification system (TOPS). In 1998 Freightliner placed an order for locomotives. They were followed by GB Railfreight, and then Direct Rail Services. The last of more than 500 locomotives built over an 18 year period was No. 66779, 'Evening Star', delivered to GB Railfreight in spring 2016.
Rail enthusiasts labelled the type 'The Red Death' due to the model having caused the displacement of several older types of, mostly, British built locomotives, their high reliability has helped rail freight to remain competitive.
The Class 66 acquired the nicknames of 'Sheds' for the EWS (now DBS) locomotives, due to their upturned roof looking like a shed roof, with the Freightliner locomotives being called 'Freds', from of Freightliner and Shed.
66432 - Direct Rail Services Class 66/4
66432 at Gt. Yarmouth station on rail head treatment work.
66432 has prominent history with its railtours, particularly the 'Cumbrian Crusader II' and 'The Cat & Dock', double heading each journey with 66843 and 68026 respectively.
Number: 66432
Class: 66/4
Builder: Electro-Motive Diesel, Ontario, Canada
Owner: Direct Rail Services
Year delivered: 2008
Length: 70 ft. 2 in. (21.39 m)
Height: 12 ft. 10 in. (3.91 m)
Width: 8 ft. 8 in. (2.63 m)
Gauge: 4 ft. 8.5 in. (1,435 mm)
Weight: 127.55 ton
Fuel capacity: 1,408 gal. (6,400 litres)
Power type: Diesel-electric
Engine: EMD 710, 139.6 litre (8,520 cu. in.) two stroke, V-12 turbocharged diesel
Power output: 3,245 hp (2,420 kW)
Maximum speed: 75 mph (121 km/h
After reviewing their Class 59's in 1996, English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) approached its builder, Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), for a locomotive to reduce operating costs and increase availability.
EMD offered their JT42CWR model, which had the same loading gauge-passing bodyshell as the Class 59. The engine and traction motors were different models to enable higher speeds, and the Class 66's incorporated General Motors' version of a 'self-steering bogie', designed to reduce track wear and increase adhesion on curves.
The initial classification was as Class 61, then they were subsequently given the Class 66 designation in the British classification system (TOPS). In 1998 Freightliner placed an order for locomotives. They were followed by GB Railfreight, and then Direct Rail Services. The last of more than 500 locomotives built over an 18 year period was No. 66779, 'Evening Star', delivered to GB Railfreight in spring 2016.
Rail enthusiasts labelled the type 'The Red Death' due to the model having caused the displacement of several older types of, mostly, British built locomotives, their high reliability has helped rail freight to remain competitive.
The Class 66 acquired the nicknames of 'Sheds' for the EWS (now DBS) locomotives, due to their upturned roof looking like a shed roof, with the Freightliner locomotives being called 'Freds', from of Freightliner and Shed.