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Originally Posted by LesG

There's one thing, You know you've done an 11.5 hour shift when you've been on a 66 for most of it.

The noise is absolutley abismal, you are thrown about from one side to the other, cab doors open on the move and when you are in the little cab (No 2 end) and the fans start up you just can just about hear the vigilance when it goes off, the heaters have only two temps extremly cold or extremly hot.
Apart from that they are grrrrrrrrreat, they do tend to keep going. .....................................

Some good news for Freightliner drivers

http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2007/11/8009/ge_enters_uk_loco_market.html