Class 66 - DB Maritime Blue - 66142 - DCC Sound Fitted Northern Ireland Railways C Beaumont and represented a

C Beaumont and represented a quantum leap forward in Irish locomotive design

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which ended that same year

In 2000 it returned to the main line in BR blue and four years later following a large logo repaint it was partnered with the Fifty Fund’s 50031 Hood as the key representatives of the class in action on the national network

Class 66 - DB Maritime Blue - 66142 - DCC Sound Fitted Northern Ireland Railways C Beaumont and represented aOnce an anonymous EWS maroon and gold class 66, 66142 led the life of a typical EWS 66 from its delivery during August 1999 right through the acquisition by DB up until its turn in the paintshop came in 2019 at the ripe age of 20 years old! Rather than the bright red of DB, 66142 gained the vibrant blue colour of Maritime Intermodal and was named Maritime Intermodal Three. Following Accurascale handing out free 'a' stickers at Warley in 2022, a number