British Rail Class 67

The locomotives were initially painted in EWS's maroon and yellow livery.[8] In 2003, 67 005 and 67 006 replaced the two previous Class 47 locomotives hauling the Royal Train. These were repainted in the Royal Claret colour and named Queen's Messenger and Royal Sovereign, respectively, in December 2000 and February 2005.[15][28]

In October 2004, 67 029 was repainted silver, with full bodyside height EWS logos, to haul the EWS Company Train.[29] On 12 October 2007, 67 029 was named Royal Diamond at Rugeley Trent Valley railway station, in honour of the 60th wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.[30]

In 2008, 67 012–67 015 were repainted in Wrexham & Shropshire's silver and grey livery.[31][32] In 2008, these were named A Shropshire Lad (3 July), Dyfrbont Pontcysyllte (9 July), Thomas Telford (14 July) and David J Lloyd (16 May), respectively.[33] These were joined by 67 010 in March 2009, to add resilience to the sub-fleet.[34] The sub-fleet was dispersed at the end of 2014, with locomotives receiving further repaints appropriate to their new roles.

In January 2010, 67 018 was repainted into DB Schenker red with a maple leaf and named Keith Heller at the National Railway Museum. in honour of the Canadian-born former EWS and DB Schenker UK chairman.[35]

In 2011, 67 001–67 003 were repainted into Arriva Trains Wales blue livery, although without any company decals, for use on the daily Cardiff-Holyhead service.[36]

In March 2012, 67 026 received a silver livery, union flag and Diamond Jubilee logo for use during the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II celebrations, being named Diamond Jubilee by Queen Elizabeth II on 23 March at London Victoria station.[16]

In March 2015, 67 004 received the Caledonian 'Midnight Teal' livery and was named Cairn Gorm. This, along with similarly repainted 67 010, was used on the non-electrified parts of the Serco Caledonian Sleeper until the release of sufficient Class 73/9s for use by GB Railfreight. Both 67 004 and 67 010 have since been repainted into DB Cargo red livery, and are now both operational (67 004 being stored for nearly two years).[37]

In June 2017 Colas Rail duo 67 023 and 67 027 received the names Stella and Charlotte, respectively, on nameplates carried centrally on the bodysides.

19/20 October 2017 saw 67 021 and 67 024 rolled out in (unbranded) Belmond British Pullman umber and cream livery, receiving Belmond British Pullman logos a few months later.

In October 2018 the Royal locomotives, 67 005 and 67 006 were repainted into a slightly revised version of the Royal claret livery.

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  Original EWS livery (67 017, Plymouth 2003)
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  Royal Train livery (67 005, King's Cross 2008)
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  Silver jubilee livery (67 029, Taunton 2010)
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  DB Schenker livery (67 018, Paignton 2010)
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  67 015 in Wrexham & Shropshire livery (Marylebone 2008)
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  Arriva livery (67 003, Holyhead 2012)
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  Caledonian Sleeper livery (67 004, Edinburgh Waverley 2015)
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  Colas Rail livery (67 027, Derby 2017)
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  Pullman livery (67 024 & 67 021, Truro 2018)

67 002 at Lawrence Hill

A serious crash occurred with 67 002 at Lawrence Hill (Bristol) on 1 November 2000, when a Royal Mail train passed two red signals and ran into the back of a coal train at around 3:30am. The mail train, hauled by 67 002 "Special Delivery" with 67 012 at the rear, was travelling at 50 miles per hour (80 km/h) when the incident occurred. The locomotive climbed over the back of the coal train, coming to rest 40 yards (37 m) later on top of a coal wagon and against the A420 Church Road bridge. The driver of the mail train suffered a broken arm and cuts to the face and chest, but there were no other injuries.[38][39][40][41] The incident was initially suspected to be caused by faulty brakes but was later found to be caused by misunderstanding and incorrect use of the locomotive's brake pipe isolation valve by railway staff.[39]

In 2006 Hornby Railways launched its first version of the BR Class 67 in OO gauge range in a variety of liveries.[42]

• The Israel Railways JT 42BW and RENFE Class 333.3 are a similar design
• Vossloh Euro 4000 - Related locomotives built at the same factory (former Alstom Valencia plant)

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