Class 66 - Freightliner (60th Anniversary) - 66601 Decoder Its initial allocation was Stafford

Its initial allocation was Stafford Road shed (Wolverhampton) and can be seen here as it was outshopped in the early British Railways livery lettered livery with GWR "Egyptian" typeface

This scheme would later become known as ‘Laira blue’ or ‘Departmental blue’ and was also briefly applied to 50037 in 1990 and then to 50008 in 1991

Hope St (Salford)

Optional miniature snowploughs

although ‘Big Music Week’ and ‘Hotel Transylvannia’ have featured

Class 66 - Freightliner (60th Anniversary) - 66601 Decoder Its initial allocation was Stafford66601 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