R30223 Hornby DRS Class 66 No. 66432 – Era 9

Although sometimes unpopular with many rail enthusiasts, due to their ubiquity and having caused the displacement of several older types of (mostly) British built locomotives, their high reliability has helped rail freight to remain competitive. Rail enthusiasts labelled the type “The Red Death” as they displaced many older types of locomotive while also acquiring the nicknames of “Sheds” for the EWS (now DBS) locomotives (due to their upturned roof looking like a shed roof) with the Freightliner locomotives being called “Freds” as a portmanteau of ‘Freightliner and Shed’. 66432 has prominent history with its railtours, particularly the ‘Cumbrian Crusader II’ and ‘The Cat & Dock’, double heading each journey with 66843 and 68026 respectively.