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Old 21st April 2010, 22:12
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The cab on a 66 is has space in it for 2 members of crew with ease.
If you ever see an open cab door you will see the when it was painted the door was closed, as you can see a border of unpainted metal round the outside of the door.
The seats are ok and will recline to some extent, this comes in handy on ballast turns,as you can have a sleep whilst doing nowt.
In the warm weather the cabs heat up and become too warm for the drivers.
ASLEF gave EWS an ultimatum to fit AC's in both cabs or class 66's would be blacked.
EWS maintained the if AC's were fitted in the class 66 it would take it over its Route Availability with the excess weight.

When 66 first came into service, when you were hooking off between the buffers, the engine would rev up as though it was going to move.

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