Class 66 - Freightliner (60th Anniversary) - 66501 - DCC Sound Fitted Accessory Type_Coupler Apr-19 to presentClassic InterCity Swallow

Apr-19 to presentClassic InterCity Swallow livery with Modern OHLE Flashes

On 19 July 1999

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It was named “Dick Mabbutt” in a Ceremony in memory of respected Brush Engineer of 40 years Richard Mabbutt who passed away unexpectedly in 2013

Class 66 - Freightliner (60th Anniversary) - 66501 - DCC Sound Fitted Accessory Type_Coupler Apr-19 to presentClassic InterCity Swallow66501 was the first Class 66 to arrive in the UK for another operator, in this case Freightliner, on 17 July 1999 aboard the M. V. Gajah Borneo. On 19 July 1999, the locomotive was formally handed over at Newport Docks before making its way to Ipswich for acceptance. It settled into normal Freightliner intermodal operations and gained the name Japan 2001 to commemorate Freightliners support of the Japan 2001 Festival. It remained in this condition