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Final class 66 from USA, unloaded and named in 2016.

Channel: Mike Wilcock. Rails in Wales.
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"History in the Making" My final visit to Newport Docks when 66779 was unloaded with the final 6 class 66s. This time from America and not Canada. You'll see the final locos drop onto the tracks before leaving in convoy passing over the viaduct at Bishton east of Newport. Finally we're at the naming of Evening Star at a special ceremony at the National Railway Museum in York with MD of GBRf doing the honours, May 10th 2016
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The video captures the unloading of the final class 66 locomotives from America at Newport Docks, with several units visible. It includes footage of these locomotives being placed on tracks and moving in convoy over a viaduct east of Newport. The clip also features the naming ceremony of the locomotive "Evening Star" at the National Railway Museum in York, where the Managing Director of GBRf performed the honour.

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  • Platform ID F7KfIlUwXNU
  • Views 7,625
  • Date published 29 Mar 2025 18:10
  • Date added 16 Jun 2026 11:31
  • Recorded 13 Feb 2020
  • Locomotives 6
  • Headcodes 2
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