Operators
Certification (homologation) is needed for each country of operation. The locos were initially given a temporary certificate for use in France, full certification for use in France came in 2009 (they had previously operated in France on some routes), Romanian certification came in 2007
The class are also certified for operation in Germany, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Poland and Denmark.
As of 1 Jan 2009, certification for use in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic is pending.
Additionally they have been sold to, and are operated in Egypt by the Egyptian National Railways.
| Owner | Operator | Countries | Designation | Total | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Trains (250) Beacon Rail (15) Halifax Assets finance Ltd. (33) HSBC Rail UK Ltd. (85) Porterbrook (60) Lloyds TSB (4) |
Colas Rail DB Schenker DRS Fastline GB Railfreight Freightliner UK |
Great Britain | British Rail Class 66 | 450+ |
60 EWS locomotives lent from EWS stock to EWSi subsidiary Euro Cargo Rail. 5 units exported to Poland for Freightliner Poland. |
| Angel Trains | Euro Cargo Rail (ECR) | France | Class 66 Class 77 |
120 | 60 loaned from parent company EWSi 60 further locomotives during 2009 designated Class 77 |
| Freightliner PL (FPL) | Poland | Class 66 | 7 | Part of Freightliner Group Ltd. | |
| CB Rail formerly Porterbrook |
Rail4Chem Benelux (R4CB) | Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg) | 26 | ||
| Heavy Haul Power International (HHPI) | Germany | ||||
| Dillen et Le Jeune Cargo Railway (DLC) | Belgium | ||||
| Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln (HGK) | Germany | Class 266 | |||
| ERS Railways (ERSR) | Netherlands | ||||
| Railion Nederland (RN) | Netherlands | ||||
| Deutsche Leasing | Rail4Chem Benelux (R4CB) | Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg) | 1 | ||
| Egyptian National Railways (ENR) | Egypt | 2120 | 40 | First non-European customer, for passenger use. | |
| GM/Opel leasing | Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln (HGK) | Germany | Class 266 | 2 | |
| GM/GMAC leasing | Heavy Haul Power International (HHPI) | Germany | 1 | ||
| HSBC Rail | TGOJ Trafik (TGOJ) | Sweden | T66 713 | 1 | Leased to Ikea rail AB, from 2012-07 to Rush Rail source |
| CFL Cargo DK | Denmark | T66K 714 "Krudthornet" | 1 | Transferred to CFL Cargo DK in Padborg in 2010 (SE,DK ATC) | |
| CargoNet (CN) | Norway | CD66 | 6 | Problems with driver cabin conditions (see above) Named Di9 as per Di series in procurement documents, in practice also called CD 66 To be replaced by Vossloh Euro 4000 on the Nordland Line |
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| Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln (HGK) | Germany | Class 266 | 5 | ||
| ERS Railways (ERSR) | Netherlands | 5 | |||
| KBC lease group | Dillen et Le Jeune Cargo Railway (DLC) | Belgium | 4 | ||
| MRCE | Dillen et Le Jeune Cargo Railway (DLC) | Belgium | ~5 | ||
| ERS Railways (ERSR) | Netherlands | ~6 | |||
| Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln (HGK) | Germany | Class 266 | ~2 | ||
| Afzet Container Transport System (ACTS) | Netherlands | 1 | |||
| Dortmunder Eisenbahn (DE) | Germany | 1 | |||
| Veolia Cargo / Connex (VC) | Netherlands & France | 1 | |||
| Trainsport AG (TS) | Belgium | 1 | |||
| Rail4Chem (R4C) | Germany | 1 | |||
| NedTrain | 1 | ||||
| Setrag | Gabon | 2 | Units shipped July 2011. | ||
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