The class 67 (EMD type JT 42HW-HS) was ordered by EWS primarily for mail traffic, which they worked away from the electrified network until Royal Mail abandoned rail, and EWS, in 2001. Since then they have continued to find work both on freight and, more recently, as frontline passenger power with Scotrail, open access operator Wrexham, Shropshire and Marylebone and Chiltern Railways. In terms of livery most still wear the EWS maroon and gold, but a number were repainted for Wrexham and Shropshire and continue in the same livery for Chiltern, two wear the blue of DBS subsidiary Arriva Trains Wales whilst 67018 is in DB cherry red and sports a giant maple leaf and is named Keith Heller after the Canadian CEO of EWS and DBS who retired back in early 2010.

I think they are quite attractive machines as modern diesels go. Railfans nicknamed them Skips on account of their shape.

This gallery celebrates their varied career since losing the mail contract.