Class 66 locomotives are set for a new lease of life, after being sold by DB Cargo UK to Grup Feroviar Roman in Romania.

ROMANIA: DB Cargo UK has announced a multi-million-pound deal to sell 25 surplus EMD Class 66 diesel locomotives previously used in the UK to Romanian private freight operator Grup Feroviar Român.

DB Cargo UK is preparing 25 more Class 66s for export - this time to Romania (a first for the class). Already 66014 has been repainted at Toton into a base blue livery and will leave the company's ...