66212 with 3000hp at the wheels hauls an empty coal train out of S Wales for refilling at Avonmouth at Pilning. 24-8-6
66212 with 3000hp at the wheels hauls an empty coal train out of S Wales for refilling at Avonmouth at Pilning. 24-8-6
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66208 on a coal train straining at full power at about 30MPH as it passes Wapley near Yate on a coal train for Didcot from Avonmouth. Perhaps because of the slow speed it is about to be looped at Chipping Sodbury. 14-8-6Previous | Next66215 pounds through Culoz station deep in SNCF territory as it works a mid morning train towards Geneva, presumably for the Evian water bottling plant. One thing that stands out is the quite considerable difference in the loading guage. 66215 was the first class 66 to work under its own power in France. This was on January 5 2006 at the SNCF test track section between Plouaret and Plounerin near Brest in Brittany. Then after visiting the test centre at Vitry for static testing, 215 was moved down to the line bewteen Angers and Nantes for further running trials. 26-2-8

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