Class 66 pioneer, 66001 leads the lightly loaded 4L45 Wakefield Europort - Felixstowe through Stratford station on 19/11/07.

Another view of 66001 as it passes through Stratford in very wet weather on 19/11/07.

66002 'Lafarge Quorn' passes northbound through Warrington BQ light engine on 30/05/07.

66003 leads a rake of MBA box wagons north through Peterborough on the afternoon of 17/04/07.

With a Network Rail HST disappearing from view, 66003 leads a 'binliner' train from Scunthorpe through the freight lines at Doncaster on 05/05/07.

The driver of 66003 phones the signalbox as it is held at a red signal at Doncaster station on 05/05/07.

66003 rounds the curve at Barnetby East signalbox with loaded coal hoppers on 31/05/07.

66005 passes through Barnetby on 07/06/06 with a loaded coal train.

66005 heads east towards Immingham with empty coal hoppers on 07/06/06.

The lowest numbered 66 seen at Barnetby for a while - 66007 leads a rake of MEA wagons, loaded with coal, west on 02/01/07.

A bleak winters day sees the arrival of 66007 at Barnetby on one of a large number of coal trains to pass through here daily (21/12/07).

After loading up at Immingham, 66007 leads a coal train west through Barnetby station on 21/12/07.

66008 passes through platform 1 at Doncaster on 24/06/06 with a Network Rail train.

Late in the afternoon on 01/09/06, 66009 flies through Doncaster with a rake of coal hoppers.

Upon arrival at Doncaster station I found 66012 waiting to depart to the north (20/02/07).

66013 at Doncaster, southbound on 16/06/06 with a rake of HAA hoppers.

66013 crawls through the freight-only lines at Doncaster station on 21/07/06.

Yet another coal train; this time it's 66013 in charge, seen at Barnetby on a very cold 21/12/07.

66016 creeps towards Barnetby in overcast and very cold conditions with an empty coal train on 21/12/07.

66016 awaits clearance onto the mainline at Barnetby station on 21/12/07.

66016 leads 23 loaded coal hoppers west, seen here passing through Barnetby on 21/12/07.

66017 leads yet another coal train off to a power station, past Barnetby East, on 02/01/07

66018 crosses over the points with a rake of HTA coal hoppers in tow at Warrington on 19/02/07.

The second appearance of the day of 66019 and the first half decent shot of it. Seen here heading north through platform 3 on 17/12/07.

The coal was flowing thick and fast on 29/12/06 - it left Immingham in HAA's, HHA's and even in MEA box wagons as seen here behind 66020 at Barnetby.

66020 passes through Doncaster station light engine in fairly poor light conditions on 17/12/07.

First freight of the day, and the lowest numbered 66 as well - 66020 leads a fairly substantial rake of hopper wagons past Cholsey station on its way north on 25/06/08.

66021 caught me unaware and so I only managed this going away shot at Acton Mainline on 20/06/08.

66030 passes through Rugby in late afternoon sunshine on 26/10/06.

66030 leads an intermodal train out of Immingham, seen here passing through Ulceby station on 10/04/07.

66030 rounds the bend into Stratford in bright winter sunshine on 19/11/07.

A view from the footbridge into the eastern sidings of Acton yard reveals 66034 and never before seen (by me at least) 66177. This was taken just before sunset on 25/06/08, hence the long shadows.

66034 leads a short oil train east at Barnetby as yet another coal train disappears into the distance on 07/07/07.

After deciding to walk back to the station from my vantage point on the bridge just to the north, 66034 comes flying past as soon as my back is turned! The result is this; a view over a corn field as it heads a short rake of wagons north on 25/06/08.

An EWS 66 on a traditional Freightliner duty; 66035 heads south through Doncaster on 01/09/06.

A side-on view of 66036 at Doncaster with a gypsum train on 25/08/06.

66036 arrives at Barnetby on 30/08/06 with empty coal wagons.

A close-up view of 66037 at the head of a coal train at Barnetby on 24/02/07.

66037 is the centre of attention as it approaches Barnetby station with a rake of HTA coal hoppers on 03/03/07.

66037 at the head of an empty coal train as it passes through Barnetby station on 03/03/07.

66037 rounds the bend at Barnetby East as it powers a loaded coal train west on 03/03/07.

66039 runs light engine through the centre tracks at Doncaster on 13/01/07.

Yet another coal train at Doncaster, this one headed by 66041 on 24/06/06.

The only EWS 66 to make an appearance during my visit to Doncaster - 66041 leads what is probably a Wakefiled bound intermodal train on 03/02/07.

66043 thunders through Chesterfield station with the 6E08 Wolverhampton - Doncaster steel train on 20/02/07.

66044 races through Barnetby with more HHA coal hoppers in need of refilling on 02/01/07.

66046 runs through Nuneaton light engine and heads north on 21/02/07.

Under clear blue skies and with heat haze evident on both the platforms and the roof of the loco, 66046 flies through Cholsey station with a northbound rake of Network Rail ballast wagons, on 25/06/08.