Buffer level shot of a DB Cargo UK class 66 locomotive looking right up the nose towards the cab windows, almost as through one was under the wheels
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Digital 66 about to revolutionise UK East Coast freight operations

DB Cargo UK class 66 (DBCUK) Image source DB Cargo UK

The first freight locomotive has entered fitting out with an advanced digital communications package, necessary for the step-change upgrade to the prestige London – Scotland main line. Rail freight operator DB Cargo UK and technology specialists Siemens, together with infrastructure project lead agency Network Rail, have begun the complex retrofitting of a workhorse class 66 diesel locomotive. 

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Buffer level shot of a DB Cargo UK class 66 locomotive looking right up the nose towards the cab windows, almost as through one was under the wheels
EXCLUSIVE

Digital 66 about to revolutionise UK East Coast freight operations

DB Cargo UK class 66 (DBCUK) Image source DB Cargo UK

The first freight locomotive has entered fitting out with an advanced digital communications package, necessary for the step-change upgrade to the prestige London – Scotland main line. Rail freight operator DB Cargo UK and technology specialists Siemens, together with infrastructure project lead agency Network Rail, have begun the complex retrofitting of a workhorse class 66 diesel locomotive. 

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