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Loco which is proposed to be renumbered to 66734 is about to start pre transport conversion in Germany (at an EMD site)
It is planned to be moved to the UK in December
66796 is at Longport undergoing conversion as is 66799
66734 is still operational in Germany and is likely to be re-renumbered when it does arrive into the UK.
734 is now likely NOT to be reused and a number of these recent conversions are going to be renumbered in order to separate the HTE (hight tractive effort) ones from the std ones
The next three conversions from Germany are about to start and will become 66734, 66796 and 66799
The 'donor' locos are set to be
561-01, (796) - Now in the UK
the Ex Commerzbank Class 66 loco now owned by Beacon Rail ( 799)
plus one Germany based loco (identity to be confirmed). (734)