66116 has just been checked behind a service train and is getting up to speed again with the 4M31 10.28 Banbury Tarmac to Mountsorrel empty stone train. The driver had just given Andy and myself a cheery toot on the horn and close examination of the cab reveals him giving us an equally cheery wave as we stand on the platform end at Tyseley station. Incredibly, EWS was sold to Deutsche Bahn ten year's ago and yet, 66116 is still in the companies distinctive livery and carries its full branding including the three beasties logo on the flank of the rear cab.
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