66215 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
66215 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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66212 with 3000hp at the wheels hauls an empty coal train out of S Wales for refilling at Avonmouth at Pilning. 24-8-6Previous | Next66217 and 57313 sat in the up loops just as a hail and rain storm sweeps over them. The 57 is on its way back to Birmingham. 27-12-6

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