Class 66 - GBRF BR Green 'Evening Star' - 66779 Locomotive Class_Class 55 (Deltic) Ahead of the landmark Toton

Ahead of the landmark Toton open day in August 1998 there was furious activity behind the scenes at English Welsh & Scottish Railway as the company went hell for leather to show off a more enthusiast-friendly outlook with range of exhibits wearing the Wisconsin Central-inspired maroon and gold paint scheme

leaving just No

etched footsteps

359 came from an earlier batch of ten locomotives built at Stratford in 1892 and was rebuilt in 1904 into the R24r Class

Cast (Class 37) bogies

Class 66 - GBRF BR Green 'Evening Star' - 66779 Locomotive Class_Class 55 (Deltic) Ahead of the landmark TotonDrawing the production line to a close after 18 years and many hundreds of locomotives was 66779. This locomotive was specially finished in British Railways lined green it was to be named Evening Star. The loco also carried commemorative bells above the cab windows and a plaque denoting its significance in the Class 66 story. Its appearance reflected that of BR class 9F 92220, Evening Star which famously brought the curtain down for steam production