Class 66 - Colas - 66849Colas Rail Freight leased 5 class 66 locomotives following the collapse of Advenza freight (numbered 66841 to 66845), in 2011 these locomotives were then leased on to GBRF. Leaving a hole in the fleet, Colas purchased 5 class 66 locomotives from Freightliner (formerly numbered 66573 to 66577). These 5 were given a fresh coat of Colas house colours and renumbered to 66846 to 66850. 66849 was given the name of Wylam Dilly straight after its repainting

Outshopped in 1930 it was allocated to Reading where it would be seen working all manner of trains

DRSL 92733

An ESU Loksound DCC decoder which is custom programmed for Accurascale Class 30 and 31 locomotives

including three variations of cantrail grille: early EE (for D6700-D6704)

368457 (Mainline Blue Patch)

South Wales

giving an increased coal loading

CawoodsPack 1CAWD 92753 [RDLU 871027-0]CAWD 92790 [RDLU 871222-6]CAWD 92847 [RDLU 871292-5]

* Die-cast chassis for ideal weight

These locomotives all exhibit differences to the home fleet class 66 that we are familiar with

441934 has now been named Ken Cooke

it also carried the lettering “InterCity Civil Engineer Preston”