66017 arrived in the UK aboard the ‘M.V. Fairmast’ and was unloaded at Newport Docks on 31 October 1998, wearing the maroon and gold house colours of operator EWS. Built without buckeye coupling and mirrors, it gained the former in 2002 and the latter in 2005. Otherwise an anonymous Class 66 in the fleet, it does have the standout feature of being one of the three tripcock-fitted Class 66s available for use over the Metropolitan line. Still in the fleet of DB Cargo, it now proudly wears the iconic red of the current freight operator.