European Railroad Discussion > Class 66s In Passenger Service ?

Class 66s are my favorite contemporary European diesel electric locomotives.  I know they are normally utilized for freight trains.  However, I would appreciate being advised if any are regularly assigned to passenger runs.
All comments appreciated.
ALLEN
 

Your best chance to have a class 66 on a passenger train would be if one was booked to work a railtour charter train or as a visiting guest loco at a heritage railway. 

www.railtourinfo.co.uk is a good source of information on diesel hauled railtours. There's a GBRf charity railtour on Sunday 12th July which features a 66 on the Norwich to Peterborough leg, apart from that there's nothing this month that is billed to include a 66.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/03/15 04:19 by 86235.

krm152 Wrote:
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> I know they are
> normally utilized for freight trains.  However, I
> would appreciate being advised if any
> are regularly assigned to passenger runs.
> All comments appreciated.

I'm not aware of any class 66 (both JT42CWR and JT42CWRM) being used in passenger train service by any of the Central European operators. It definitely would be difficult to do so in winter, as it is lacking any provisions for train heating. Also, I'm pretty convinced that the equipment needed for selective side door unlocking / locking / closing is not present, which prohibits usage in passenger revenue service at least on German rails (as you are asking for regular assignments). 

E111

Egypt has regular class 66 in passenger service, not in Europe but same loco type!

rubblehead Wrote:
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> Egypt has regular class 66 in passenger service,
> not in Europe but same loco type!
Thanks very much for info.
ALLEN