Centenary Locomotive Naming:
GB Railfreight Class 66
Locomotive 66716 was named to commemorate the Centenary of the Locomotive and
Carriage Institution at Wansford on the Nene Valley Railway Saturday 14th May
2011 by Nick Agnew, President of the Locomotive & Carriage Institution and John
Smith, Managing Director, GB Railfreight
Photos (c) Tom Chaffin (TC) or Brian (Percy)
Drummond (BD)
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66
716 waiting in the sidings at Wansford for the proceedings to start.
GB
Railfreight Class 66 diesel locomotive 66
716 is around six years old and is primarily used to haul coal and bio-mass
to the generating companies in the NE of England
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66 716 was then put in position in on platform 2 at Wansford ready for
the naming.
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Another view of 66 716 taken from the footbridge. The naming 'party'
are gathering on the platform ready
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Nick Agnew (right), President of the
Locomotive & Carriage Institution introduces the naming proceedings and
gives a short history of the Institution from our formation
as the Institute of Locomotive Inspectors and
Foreman
in 1911 up to our Centenary in 2011 when we have over 300 members.
John Smith, Managing Director of GB
Railfreight on the left.
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John
Smith, Managing Director of GB Railfreight then outlines a brief history of
GB Railfreight from a fledgling set-up in 1999 with around ten employees
operating some services to Railtrack (as was) to the International company
today, with 350 employees operating from Fort William to Penzance. The
company is now owned by Euro Tunnel and ran the first train from Navarro in
Italy to Daventry around two months ago. With new ownership the
company is looking at new opportunities in mainland Europe, exploiting the
Channel Tunnel so as to get more freight onto rail.
John
Smith is also a member of the Locomotive & Carriage Institution.
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Nick
Agnew and John Smith get
ready to name 66716
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And
from another angle
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Off comes the
curtain....
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66
716's name is revealed....
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And the curtain removed....
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66
716 is named the Locomotive & Carriage Institution
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John Smith than hands over a OO Gauge
model of 66 716 in a presentation case to Nick Agnew
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The
00 gauge model in the presentation case close-up
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And a
side-view in close-up. The model was specially made by Bachmann Model
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Nick
Agnew then presents John Smith with the book "Underground Kew"
showing the development of publicity for the railway industry and Kew
in particular
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Before then presenting Cris Rees, General Manager of the Nene Valley Railway
with the book on the Jubilee Line.
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Chris
Rees, Nick Agnew and John Smith pose in front of 66 716
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A view
of one end of 66 716 proudly showing the Locomotive & Carriage Institution
nameplate
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A
close up of the nameplate
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66 716 was then moved to the bridge over the River Nene
at Wansford for photographs
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Before working a train of Danish coaches to Yarwell - seen here upon arrival
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66 716 then worked the train back to
Peterborough Nene Valley - seen here on the run-round at Yarwell
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