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66/6s NEW delivered

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66623 in a new Bardon Aggregates livery and 66624 in freightliner gree arrived in the UK on Feb 6th at Newport Docks

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How come they have the original block headlights and not the new clusters like other 66's?
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Hope there next trip is to C.F. Booth Ltd,Rotherham :wink:

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they arent the original WIPAC typle lights as fitted to the EWS66s and some FL66s, they seem to be updated versions, perhaps could be better illuminationwise than the orignal wipacs or the updated lighting versions?
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45002 wrote:Hope there next trip is to C.F. Booth Ltd,Rotherham :wink:

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is it just me thats wondering why they painted the roof green and didnt try some sort of cross design livery incorperating the standard freightliner styling and the bardon colour and branding
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n863dwt wrote:is it just me thats wondering why they painted the roof green and didnt try some sort of cross design livery incorperating the standard freightliner styling and the bardon colour and branding
maybe the advertisment livery is only tempory?
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I believe that they have painted the roof green to say that it is a partnership between the two companies.

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andylloyd wrote:I believe that they have painted the roof green to say that it is a partnership between the two companies.

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but it would have made more sense IMHO if they had done the freightliner cab ends the sort of yellow ends and the blue over the remaining body.. have the Freightliner logo and the Bardon logo
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Very true but that's how they obviously chose to brand these 66's.

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andylloyd wrote:Very true but that's how they obviously chose to brand these 66's.

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still seems stupid.
not to mention the new versions of old style light clusters...
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AlistairW wrote:How come they have the original block headlights and not the new clusters like other 66's?
The newer design was spoiling the stylish aesthetics of the front end
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arabiandisco wrote:
AlistairW wrote:How come they have the original block headlights and not the new clusters like other 66's?
The newer design was spoiling the stylish aesthetics of the front end
Is this the 1st time the term stylish aesthetics and class 66 has been used together ?

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they came through shrewsbury together at 17:36 going to crewe.
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this would be the ideal time for Bardon Agg to say stuff you FHH we are going back to EWS, so we can get 60s back down here where they belong instead of rotting away at Toton and Immingham yards :lol:
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