Hornby Railroad Plus Gbrf Class 66 Chinook 66723 Engine R30429The Class 66 is a heavy freight diesel electric locomotive, a development of the earlier Class 59 which was a great success in the UK with Foster Yeoman. Like its predecessor, EMD Co Cos have all been built in North America, with 480 supplied to UK operators between 1998 and 2008 and 2014 and 2015. Many more were bought secondhand from mainland European operators, so it is no surprise that these machines handle the lions share of freight traffic in