GBRf is slowly fitting more Class 66 locomotives with new cabside windows. Next to modifications to enable use on the British network (driver desk, lights and train protection system), 66750 (266 025) is currently receiving two-section windows instead of the three-section ones. The modifications are performed by Electro-Motive Services International (EMSI) at Longport, Stoke-on-Trent.
Units 66733 - 66737 have been fitted with new windows earlier.
In the past weeks also 66716 and 66717 paid Longport a visit for maintenance and window refitting. For 66716 and 66717 a paint job into the current Europorte/GBRf livery was included. 66716 has been outshopped (see: link), whilst the repainting of 66717 should still be in process. - CS
It has been indicated that the new windows, which are the same as the ones in the JT42CWRM type, provide better sound insulation than their predecessors. They comply to TSI Noise regulations.- MK
