Arriving into the United Kingdom on 6 February 2007, 66623 entered traffic in the unusual Bardon Aggregates livery of green, blue and yellow, being named Bill Bolsover on 16 November 2007 to honour the chairman of Aggregate Industries. With the loss of the Bardon traffic, 66623 reverted to Freightliner branding, but kept the old Bardon base livery, a situation that remained until 29 March 2019 when the locomotive was de-named and repainted into the new Genesee & Wyoming/Freightliner livery of orange with black stripes.
Originating in 1899 with the Genesee & Wyoming RR the company expanded following deregulation of the US railroads in 1980, taking on lines and customers where business could not pay the overheads of a major railroad. G&W Inc now operates 120 railroads and rail service companies in the USA, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland and Great Britain, with several European subsidiaries operating under the British 'Freightliner' name.
Technical Specification & Detail
Finish Standard
Length 280mm
DCC Ready
Era 11 (2014 +)
Class 66
Designer General Motors / Electro-Motive Diesel
Minimum Curve R2
Age Suitability 14+
Motor 5 Pole Skew Wound
Wheel Configuration Co-Co