Name: Accurascale ACC3471-DCC Class 66 - Freightliner (60th Anniversary) - 66501 - DCC Sound Fitted
Brand: Accurascale
SKU: ACC3471-DCC
Price: 335.94 GBP

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Prototype Era
Era 9 (1995 to 2004) Initial Privatisation

Manufacturer description

66501 was the first Class 66 to arrive in the UK for another operator, in this case Freightliner, on 17 July 1999 aboard the ‘M.V. Gajah Borneo’. On 19 July 1999, the locomotive was formally handed over at Newport Docks before making its way to Ipswich for acceptance. It settled into normal Freightliner intermodal operations and gained the name “Japan 2001” to commemorate Freightliner’s support of the Japan 2001 Festival. It remained in this condition until being taken to the former Brush works of UKRL in 2024 for assessment and overhaul. Chosen as one of a pair to receive special commemorative livery for the “Freightliner 60” celebrations, it was outshopped from Loughborough in striking orange paintwork on 8 March 2025 and subsequently named “Spirit of ’65”. This locomotive has now received the modified driver’s door handle arrangement, with the upper handle plated over.

Catalogue listing

Brand

Accurascale

Product Code

ACC3471-DCC

GTIN

0781005475924

RRP

£335.94

Release date

April 2027

Model details

DCC status

DCC Sound Fitted

Livery

Freightliner

Prototype information

Locomotive class^*

Class 66

^* Class names often change over the lifespan of a locomotive, so this is not necessarily the class name used by the operator in the period modelled.

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Accurascale Class 66 Freightliner (60th Anniversary) No.66501 is a DCC‑sound fitted diesel locomotive model in Freightliner livery, representing the initial privatisation period of the Class 66 fleet. The model carries the manufacturer part number ACC3471‑DCC.

The prototype, 66501, was the first Class 66 to be delivered to a UK operator other than British Rail, arriving for Freightliner on 17 July 1999 aboard the M.V. Gajah Borneo. After handover at Newport Docks on 19 July 1999, the locomotive proceeded to Ipswich for acceptance and entered regular intermodal service, adopting the name “Japan 2001”. In 2024 it was taken to the former Brush works of UKRL for assessment and overhaul, and it was repainted in a commemorative orange livery for the Freightliner 60 celebrations, leaving Loughborough on 8 March 2025 as “Spirit of ’65”. The model reproduces the modified driver’s door handle arrangement with the upper handle plated over.

Accurascale has updated the tooling to reflect recent changes to the real‑world fleet. Enhancements include a newly tooled exhaust silencer, revised handbrake linkages moulded in the off position, an etched middle handrail bracket on the cab front, roof‑mounted Wi‑Fi pod options, the revised Freightliner cab‑door handle, and BMAC‑replacement lighting units. New buffer‑plate combinations allow additional prototype variations to be represented.

The locomotive features a five‑pole motor with dual flywheels, gearing designed for a minimum scale top speed of 75 mph (120 km/h), all‑wheel drive and pickup, and a fully detailed lighting pack with directional, DC and DCC operation, switchable red and white marker lights, and separate cab lighting with auto/off on movement. DCC readiness includes a PowerPack capacitor for uninterrupted power, a 21‑pin MTX socket or factory‑fitted ESU LokSound 5 decoder, customised dual‑speaker sound with a bass speaker and a small high‑frequency speaker, and a hall sensor for flange squeal effect.