Picture: DB Cargo UK.

DB Cargo UK has named Class 66 locomotive 66186 in honour of Antony Slater, the founder of the Plasmor Group, one of the UK's largest independent manufacturers of concrete products. Plasmor started using rail to transport products in 1986, when new sidings were built to connect the factory to the adjacent East Coast Main Line at Great Heck, where the naming ceremony took place on 10 March 2026.

DB Cargo UK has been an important part of Plasmor's supply chain for the past 40 years and was recently awarded a new five-year contract which will see the company continue to provide rail freight services until the end of 2031.