Trainload Freight was the sector of British Rail responsible for trainload freight services. The division was subdivided into four sub-sectors; coal, petroleum...
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Transrail was a trainload rail freight operator based in St Blazey, England, UK with a large operating area including Scotland, Wales and the west of England...
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Mainline Freight was a trainload rail freight operator based in Islington, London, England with operations extending to Yorkshire in the north and Somerset...
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"sectors" including four goods sectors: Trainload Freight took trainload goods Railfreight Distribution took non-trainload goods Freightliner took intermodal...
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Loadhaul (category Rail freight companies in the United Kingdom)
and briefly named "Trainload Freight North East Limited" before being renamed Loadhaul Limited. All three former Trainload Freight companies including...
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DB Cargo UK (category Rail freight companies in the United Kingdom)
geographical businesses: Trainload Freight North East, Trainload Freight West and Trainload Freight South East, with each initially given existing contracts...
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all freight operations, later subdivided into train operations. Trainload Freight took trainload freight. Railfreight Distribution took non-trainload freight...
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Railfreight Distribution (category British Rail freight services)
British Rail's previous Railfreight sector. It was responsible for non-trainload freight operations, as well as Freightliner and Intermodal services. In its...
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British Rail brand names (section Freight services)
introduced; these divisions introduced many sub-brands. Freight operations were split into the Trainload Freight, Railfreight Distribution and Rail Express Systems...
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Railways (regional services). Trainload Freight took trainload freight, Railfreight Distribution took non-trainload freight, Freightliner took intermodal...
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Railfreight (category British Rail freight services)
non-unit train work and channel tunnel freight. Activities which were not assigned to one of the new Trainload Freight or Railfreight Distribution sub-sectors...
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Sealink (category British Rail freight services)
roll-on/roll-off ships, catering for motorists and rail passengers as well as road freight. However, given that there was now competition in the form of other ferry...
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type. For freight services, six freight operating companies (FOCs) were created - three geographical units for trainload freight (Mainline Freight in the...
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snow and ice. February 24 – The three British trainload freight companies, Loadhaul, Mainline Freight and Transrail, are acquired by North & South Railways...
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to privatisation, a new version of the Railfreight livery emerged; Trainload Freight appeared, giving the sectors individual identities. Consisting of...
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Scottish (EWS) took control of the Class 31s from the Mainline Freight and Trainload Freight companies. 31255 became the locomotive for the EWS livery paint...
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Unit train (redirect from Trainload)
A unit train, also called a block train or a trainload service, is a train in which all cars (wagons) carry the same commodity and are shipped from the...
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Direct Rail Services (category Rail freight companies in the United Kingdom)
Direct Rail Services (DRS) is a rail freight company in Great Britain, and is one of the publicly owned railway companies in the United Kingdom. DRS was...
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Colas Rail (category Rail freight companies in the United Kingdom)
Rail is a railway infrastructure company, which also serves as a rail freight operator in the United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of Bouygues. Colas Rail...
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ScotRail Night Trains Freight Railfreight Rail Express Systems Railfreight Distribution Speedlink Freightliner Trainload Freight Red Star Parcels Other...
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Railfreight 66789 BR "Large Logo" blue British Rail Class 66 66793 Trainload Freight Construction 69002 BR "Large Logo" blue British Rail Class 69 69004...
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outshopped by Stratford in the new triple grey scheme, complete with the Trainload Freight coal sub-sector logo. Eventually the majority of the fleet were repainted...
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be built and were developed into a new style known as "Porthole" stock. Freight stock on order at Nationalisation was completed: some LMS designs were...
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requirement calling for a new Type 5 diesel locomotive for use on its Trainload Freight sector. In terms of its basic configuration, it sought a high-powered...
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passenger stock movements. The freight-only section between Bicester and Bletchley was mothballed by Trainload Freight in 1993 following the closure of...
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refurbished and heavier rails were laid to allow for longer trains and increased freight. The 1973 tunnel plan was cancelled in 1975. The 1986 tunnel plan, which...
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Dollands Moor are of the Trainload variety and if any marshalling is required, this was historically undertaken at European Freight Operating Centre in Wembley...
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nine passengers were killed, and 94 were injured. April 1 – British trainload freight operator EWS takes over rail operations of National Power. April 4...
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ScotRail Night Trains Freight Railfreight Rail Express Systems Railfreight Distribution Speedlink Freightliner Trainload Freight Red Star Parcels Other...
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