Last Wednesday (25th June) I was travelling from Crewe to Shrewsbury and 
passed a small depot on the outskirks of Crewe where there appears to be 3 
new Class 66's in a sort of grey livery. 66301 and 66304 were two of them, 
anyone know what the other one was ??
Thanks in advance for any info.
Gordon.

"Gordon"  wrote in message
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> Last Wednesday (25th June) I was travelling from Crewe to Shrewsbury
> and passed a small depot on the outskirks of Crewe where there
> appears to be 3 new Class 66's in a sort of grey livery. 66301 and
> 66304 were two of them, anyone know what the other one was ??
> Thanks in advance for any info.

Yes, they're Fastline Freight's new Class 66 fleet.  The Railway Herald 
shows them arriving at Newport Docks on 22 June and then being hauled to 
Crewe by a DRS 66.  They're apparently due to enter service imminently, 
hauling coal for e.on to Ratcliffe power station.

Gordon wrote:
> Last Wednesday (25th June) I was travelling from Crewe to Shrewsbury and 
> passed a small depot on the outskirks of Crewe where there appears to be 3 
> new Class 66's in a sort of grey livery. 66301 and 66304 were two of them, 
> anyone know what the other one was ??
> Thanks in advance for any info.

New  locos for Jarvis Fastline delivered by
Train 0Z27 Newport Docks - Crewe Gresty Bridge on 24 June were

66 301, 66 304 and 66 305

See pictures of the delivery train on

http://www.nwrail.org.uk/nw0806k.htm

Charlie

"Recliner" <nigelp@clara.co_dot_uk> wrote in message 
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> "Gordon"  wrote in message
> news:56qdnTHG193HJfHVnZ2dnUVZ8qDinZ2d@bt.com
>> Last Wednesday (25th June) I was travelling from Crewe to Shrewsbury
>> and passed a small depot on the outskirks of Crewe where there
>> appears to be 3 new Class 66's in a sort of grey livery. 66301 and
>> 66304 were two of them, anyone know what the other one was ??
>> Thanks in advance for any info.
>
> Yes, they're Fastline Freight's new Class 66 fleet.  The Railway Herald 
> shows them arriving at Newport Docks on 22 June and then being hauled to 
> Crewe by a DRS 66.  They're apparently due to enter service imminently, 
> hauling coal for e.on to Ratcliffe power station.

In use on 30th of June:

<http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Picture%20of%20the%20Day%20index/Old_POD_July2008.html>

Paul

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> "Recliner" <nigelp@clara.co_dot_uk> wrote in message
> news:1215087746.6886.0@proxy02.news.clara.net...
>> "Gordon"  wrote in message
>> news:56qdnTHG193HJfHVnZ2dnUVZ8qDinZ2d@bt.com
>>> Last Wednesday (25th June) I was travelling from Crewe to Shrewsbury
>>> and passed a small depot on the outskirks of Crewe where there
>>> appears to be 3 new Class 66's in a sort of grey livery. 66301 and
>>> 66304 were two of them, anyone know what the other one was ??
>>> Thanks in advance for any info.
>>
>> Yes, they're Fastline Freight's new Class 66 fleet.  The Railway
>> Herald shows them arriving at Newport Docks on 22 June and then
>> being hauled to Crewe by a DRS 66.  They're apparently due to enter
>> service imminently, hauling coal for e.on to Ratcliffe power station.
>
> In use on 30th of June:
>
> http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Picture%20of%20the%20Day%20index/Old_POD_July2008.html

I continue to be impressed by how quickly Class 66s enter service, even 
with a new operator. Must be the nearest thing to a plug'n play loco.

"Recliner" <nigelp@clara.co_dot_uk> wrote in message 
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> I continue to be impressed by how quickly Class 66s enter service, even 
> with a new operator. Must be the nearest thing to a plug'n play loco.

In this country, yes. But any loco of a standard design off a long 
production run ought to work out of the box. I expect GE's ES44ACs in North 
America do, as do Bombardier's TRAXX electrics over on mainland Europe.