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Class EF66 (EF66形) - a six-axle, three-bogied (Bo′Bo′Bo′) DC electric locomotive designed for fast freight used by Japanese National Railways (JNR) and later operated by its descendants JR West and JR Freight.
EF66-0: Full-production type (EF66 1 – 55), built 1968 to 1975
EF66-100: Later type (EF66 101 – 133), built 1989 to 1991
By 1 April 2009, 73 EF66s (including all 33 EF66-100s) were in service, with 63 owned by JR Freight, and 10 owned by JR West.
By 1 April 2016, 39 EF66s remained in service (six EF66-0 and 33 EF66-100 locomotives), all operated by JR Freight.
By July 2021, only two EF66-0 (EF66-27 & EF66-30) remained in service.
From 1988, JR Freight retrofitted a number of its EF66s (numbers 22 - 24, 26 - 27, 30 - 33, 37) with roof-mounted cab air-conditioning units.
From 1993, JR Freight started refurbishing its fleet of EF66s (numbers 1 - 5, 7 - 10, 11 - 12, 16 - 39, 41, 44, 53, 55). Refurbishment included rewinding of the traction motor coils, removal of the former JNR decorations on the front-end number plates, and repainting into a two-tone blue livery similar to that carried by the EF66-100s. Locomotives refurbished from 2004 onward, however, received a simplified blue livery, similar to the original JNR-style livery.