{"id":6695311343772,"title":"Class 66 66077 ‘Benjamin Gimbert G.C.’ and 66079 ‘James Nightall G.C.’","handle":"class-66-66077-benjamin-gimbert-g-c-and-66079-james-nightall-g-c","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEWS English, Welsh and Scottish Railways, 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA special print of Class 66 locomotives 66077 and 66079, which were named ‘Benjamin Gimbert G.C.’ and ‘James Nightall G.C.’ respectively on June 2nd 2004. Their actions on June 2nd 1944 at Soham saved many lives, after a wagon on their ammunition train caught fire and exploded in Soham Station. Nightall was killed, and Gimbert seriously injured. Both were awarded the George Cross. The print comes complete with details of the citation of their awards and the events of June 2nd 1944.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe names had previously been applied to Class 47 engines 47577 and 47579 in 1981 - see the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wwrgallery.co.uk\/collections\/trains\/products\/class-47-47577-benjamin-gimbert-g-c-47579-james-nightall-g-c\"\u003eprint of these locos here\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-24T14:57:57+01:00","created_at":"2021-04-24T14:57:56+01:00","vendor":"WWR Gallery","type":"Class 66","tags":["66077","66079","A3 art print","A3 print","A3 profile","A3 profile print","A3 train print","Benjamin Gimbert","Class 66 artwork","Class 66 illustration","Class 66 print","Class 66 profile","EWS","James Nightall","locomotive artwork","Locomotive illustration","Locomotive print","Locomotive profile","Train art","train illustration","train print","train profile","Type_Class 66"],"price":1499,"price_min":1499,"price_max":1499,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39754281615516,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"TN440","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Class 66 66077 ‘Benjamin Gimbert G.C.’ and 66079 ‘James Nightall G.C.’","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1499,"weight":250,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.wwrgallery.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/TN440-66077-66079-EWS.jpg?v=1619272678"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.wwrgallery.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/TN440-66077-66079-EWS.jpg?v=1619272678","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":21771586011292,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.415,"height":501,"width":709,"src":"\/\/www.wwrgallery.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/TN440-66077-66079-EWS.jpg?v=1619272678"},"aspect_ratio":1.415,"height":501,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.wwrgallery.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/TN440-66077-66079-EWS.jpg?v=1619272678","width":709}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEWS English, Welsh and Scottish Railways, 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA special print of Class 66 locomotives 66077 and 66079, which were named ‘Benjamin Gimbert G.C.’ and ‘James Nightall G.C.’ respectively on June 2nd 2004. Their actions on June 2nd 1944 at Soham saved many lives, after a wagon on their ammunition train caught fire and exploded in Soham Station. Nightall was killed, and Gimbert seriously injured. Both were awarded the George Cross. The print comes complete with details of the citation of their awards and the events of June 2nd 1944.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe names had previously been applied to Class 47 engines 47577 and 47579 in 1981 - see the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wwrgallery.co.uk\/collections\/trains\/products\/class-47-47577-benjamin-gimbert-g-c-47579-james-nightall-g-c\"\u003eprint of these locos here\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}