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'''DB Schenker Rail (UK)''', before 2009 known as '''English, Welsh and Scottish Railway''' (EWS), is a British rail freight company headquartered in ], England. '''DB Schenker Rail (UK)''', before 2009 known as '''English, Welsh and Scottish Railway''' (EWS), is a British rail freight company headquartered in ], England.


The company was established as '''North and South Railways''' in 1995 by a consortium led by ], and was renamed EWS the following year, following the acquisition of five of the six freight companies created by the ].<ref group="note">The sixth rail freight company created during privatisation, ], was privatised through a management buyout.</ref> The company was established as '''North and South Railways'''<ref name=company3116322> DB Schenker Rail (UK) Holdings Limited formerly English Welsh & Scottish Railway Holdings Limited formerly North and South Railways Limited</ref> in 1995 by a consortium led by ], and was renamed EWS the following year, following the acquisition of five of the six freight companies created by the ].<ref group="note">The sixth rail freight company created during privatisation, ], was privatised through a management buyout.</ref>


On 28 June 2007, EWS was acquired by ], and in 2009 it adopted the ] brand, along with Deutsche Bahn's other freight organisations in Europe. On 28 June 2007, EWS was acquired by ], and in 2009 it adopted the ] brand, along with Deutsche Bahn's other freight organisations in Europe.
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===English, Welsh and Scottish Railway=== ===English, Welsh and Scottish Railway===
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The company was formed as ''North and South Railways Ltd.'' in 1995 by a consortium headed by ],<ref>{{citation| work =The Official History of Privatisation: Popular Capitalism, 1987-97|volume=2| title = Popular Capitalism. 1987-1997| first = David| last = Parker| page=480}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.parliament.uk/Templates/BriefingPapers/Pages/BPPdfDownload.aspx?bp-id=SN01157 | page= 13| title =Railways: privatisation, 1987–1996| author = Lousie Butcher| date = 18 March 2011| publisher = House of Commons Library|work = www.parliament.uk }}</ref> with additional financing provided by the financial sector including ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/North_South_Railways_Ltd_acquires_Rail_Express_Systems_UK-522747040| title = North & South Railways Ltd acquires Rail Express Systems(UK)| date =8 December 1995| publisher = Thomson Reuters| work = www.alacrastore.com}}</ref> The company was formed as ''North and South Railways Limited''<ref name=company3116322/> in 1995 by a consortium headed by ],<ref>{{citation| work =The Official History of Privatisation: Popular Capitalism, 1987-97|volume=2| title = Popular Capitalism. 1987-1997| first = David| last = Parker| page=480}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.parliament.uk/Templates/BriefingPapers/Pages/BPPdfDownload.aspx?bp-id=SN01157 | page= 13| title =Railways: privatisation, 1987–1996| author = Lousie Butcher| date = 18 March 2011| publisher = House of Commons Library|work = www.parliament.uk }}</ref> with additional financing provided by the financial sector including ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/North_South_Railways_Ltd_acquires_Rail_Express_Systems_UK-522747040| title = North & South Railways Ltd acquires Rail Express Systems(UK)| date =8 December 1995| publisher = Thomson Reuters| work = www.alacrastore.com}}</ref>


The company's first acquisition was that of ] on 9 December 1995, for £24 million.<ref name="rfd2"/><ref name="rp275"/> With this came the contract for the ] train service, including the ] trains; the contract was one of the most profitable obtained by the company.<ref name="r125"/> Then, on 24 February 1996, British Rail's three ] freight companies - ], ] and ] - were acquired for a total of £225 million.<ref name="rfd2">{{cite web|url = http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc9899/hc02/0280/0280.pdf| title = The Sale of Rail Freight Distribution|publisher = Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions / National Audit Office| date = 26 March 1999|page = 2}}</ref><ref name="rp275">{{cite web|url = http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1996/nov/27/rail-privatisation| work = hansard.millbanksystems.com|title = Rail Privatisation| date = 27 December 1996| publisher = Hansard, House of Commons, UK| at = volume 296, 275W}}</ref> All four companies were subsequently merged into North and South Railways, and on 10 July 1996 the name ''English, Welsh and Scottish Railway'', or EWS for short, was adopted.<ref name="ews1">{{cite book| title = The dynamics of freight transport development: a UK and Swiss comparison| author = Philippe Thalmann| publisher = Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|year = 2004 |pages= 34–36|url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hFDrKNKmJ8UC|isbn = 0-7546-3756-5}}</ref><ref>{{citation| url = http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk| title = WebCHeck - Select and Access Company Information| publisher = ]}}, see entries for ENGLISH WELSH & SCOTTISH RAILWAY HOLDINGS LIMITED, Company No. 03116322</ref> The company's first acquisition was that of ] on 9 December 1995, for £24 million.<ref name="rfd2"/><ref name="rp275"/> With this came the contract for the ] train service, including the ] trains; the contract was one of the most profitable obtained by the company.<ref name="r125"/> Then, on 24 February 1996, British Rail's three ] freight companies - ], ] and ] - were acquired for a total of £225 million.<ref name="rfd2">{{cite web|url = http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc9899/hc02/0280/0280.pdf| title = The Sale of Rail Freight Distribution|publisher = Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions / National Audit Office| date = 26 March 1999|page = 2}}</ref><ref name="rp275">{{cite web|url = http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1996/nov/27/rail-privatisation| work = hansard.millbanksystems.com|title = Rail Privatisation| date = 27 December 1996| publisher = Hansard, House of Commons, UK| at = volume 296, 275W}}</ref> All four companies were subsequently merged into North and South Railways, and on 10 July 1996 the name ''English, Welsh and Scottish Railway'', or EWS for short, was adopted.<ref name=company3116322/><ref name="ews1">{{cite book| title = The dynamics of freight transport development: a UK and Swiss comparison| author = Philippe Thalmann| publisher = Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|year = 2004 |pages= 34–36|url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hFDrKNKmJ8UC|isbn = 0-7546-3756-5}}</ref>


One of the first actions of the enlarged company was to seek volunteers for redundancy, as it sought to reduce staff numbers by around 3,000, from 7,600.<ref>{{citation| url = http://www.independent.co.uk/news/rail-freight-to-slash-workforce-1303273.html| title =Rail freight to slash workforce| author = Christian Wolmar| date = 5 April 1996| work = www.independent.co.uk|publisher = The Independent}}</ref> One of the first actions of the enlarged company was to seek volunteers for redundancy, as it sought to reduce staff numbers by around 3,000, from 7,600.<ref>{{citation| url = http://www.independent.co.uk/news/rail-freight-to-slash-workforce-1303273.html| title =Rail freight to slash workforce| author = Christian Wolmar| date = 5 April 1996| work = www.independent.co.uk|publisher = The Independent}}</ref>


On 22 November 1997 EWS took over the loss-making ], for which it received grants and subsidies estimated to amount to £242 million over eight years,<ref name="rfdall">{{cite web|url = http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc9899/hc02/0280/0280.pdf| title = The Sale of Rail Freight Distribution|publisher = Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions / National Audit Office| date = 26 March 1999}}</ref> including subsidies for the use of the ].<ref name="ind">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/br-prefers-us-firm-as-freight-bidder-1316014.html| title = BR prefers US firm as freight bidder| author= Mathew Horsman |date = 26 December 1996| publisher = ]| work = www.independent.co.uk}}</ref> Railfreight Distribution's businesses included international containerised freight, movement of cars and automotive components by rail, and freight services for the ]. At the time of the takeover, it had 150 locomotives including the specialised ] locomotives for the Channel Tunnel, and was making a yearly loss of around £65 million.<ref name="rfdall"/> Railfreight Distribution was renamed '''''English, Welsh and Scottish Railway International Ltd''''' on 1 December 1998.<ref name="ews1"/><ref>{{citation| url = http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/03232475 | work = Companies House| title = (3232475) DB Schenker Rail International Limited |accessdate = Aug 2014}}</ref> On 22 November 1997 EWS took over the loss-making ], for which it received grants and subsidies estimated to amount to £242 million over eight years,<ref name="rfdall">{{cite web|url = http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc9899/hc02/0280/0280.pdf| title = The Sale of Rail Freight Distribution|publisher = Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions / National Audit Office| date = 26 March 1999}}</ref> including subsidies for the use of the ].<ref name="ind">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/br-prefers-us-firm-as-freight-bidder-1316014.html| title = BR prefers US firm as freight bidder| author= Mathew Horsman |date = 26 December 1996| publisher = ]| work = www.independent.co.uk}}</ref> Railfreight Distribution's businesses included international containerised freight, movement of cars and automotive components by rail, and freight services for the ]. At the time of the takeover, it had 150 locomotives including the specialised ] locomotives for the Channel Tunnel, and was making a yearly loss of around £65 million.<ref name="rfdall"/> Railfreight Distribution was renamed '''''English, Welsh and Scottish Railway International Ltd''''' on 1 December 1998.<ref name="ews1"/><ref>{{citation| url = http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/03232475 | work = Companies House| title = (3232475) DB Schenker Rail International Limited formerly English Welsh & Scottish International Limited formerly Railfreight Distribution Limited |accessdate = Aug 2014}}</ref>


The new company had over 900 locomotives and 19,000 freight wagons, and 7,000 employees. Track access charges were renegotiated and after 1800 job redundancies the workers involved in profit sharing and other incentivised working plans; as a result shipping rates were reduced by over 30%.<ref>{{cite book|title =International Directory of Company Histories| volume=24|editor = Jay P. Pederson| publisher = St. James Press| year =1999| url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DVUkAQAAMAAJ| chapterurl = http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Wisconsin-Central-Transportation-Corporation-Company-History.html|chapter = Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation}}</ref> Many locomotives inherited on foundation were considered unreliable, and expensive to maintain;<ref>{{cite book| title = Illustrated Directory of Trains of the World| author = Brian Hollingsworth| publisher = MBI Publishing Company|year = 2000| url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xpuDHyry6TEC| isbn = 0-7603-0891-8|chapter = Class 66 Co-Co freight locomotive| page = 468| chapterurl = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xpuDHyry6TEC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA468#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> the company invested heavily in modernisation of its rolling stock; by 2002 £750 million had been invested,<ref>{{cite book| url= http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MXRaLBLnwwcC| title = Ports: Oral and written evidence| publisher = The Stationery Office|year = 2003 | editor = House of Commons. Transport Committee|chapter = Mr Graham Smith, Planning Director and Mr Allen Mardsen, English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) examined|pages = EV 16 - EV 18}}</ref> including 280 new locomotives and over 2,000 new wagons.<ref name="r125"/> The new company had over 900 locomotives and 19,000 freight wagons, and 7,000 employees. Track access charges were renegotiated and after 1800 job redundancies the workers involved in profit sharing and other incentivised working plans; as a result shipping rates were reduced by over 30%.<ref>{{cite book|title =International Directory of Company Histories| volume=24|editor = Jay P. Pederson| publisher = St. James Press| year =1999| url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DVUkAQAAMAAJ| chapterurl = http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Wisconsin-Central-Transportation-Corporation-Company-History.html|chapter = Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation}}</ref> Many locomotives inherited on foundation were considered unreliable, and expensive to maintain;<ref>{{cite book| title = Illustrated Directory of Trains of the World| author = Brian Hollingsworth| publisher = MBI Publishing Company|year = 2000| url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xpuDHyry6TEC| isbn = 0-7603-0891-8|chapter = Class 66 Co-Co freight locomotive| page = 468| chapterurl = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xpuDHyry6TEC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA468#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> the company invested heavily in modernisation of its rolling stock; by 2002 £750 million had been invested,<ref>{{cite book| url= http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MXRaLBLnwwcC| title = Ports: Oral and written evidence| publisher = The Stationery Office|year = 2003 | editor = House of Commons. Transport Committee|chapter = Mr Graham Smith, Planning Director and Mr Allen Mardsen, English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) examined|pages = EV 16 - EV 18}}</ref> including 280 new locomotives and over 2,000 new wagons.<ref name="r125"/>

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EWS redirects here. For other uses, see EWS (disambiguation)
DB Schenker Rail (UK)
IndustryRail freight
PredecessorBritish Rail (1948-1995),
North and South Railways (1995–1996),
English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) (1996–2009)
Founded1995
HeadquartersDoncaster, England
Area servedUnited Kingdom
Key peopleEdward Burkhardt (Chairman and Chief Executive 1995–1999)
Keith Heller (Chief Executive / Co-chairman) 2004–2010
Alain Thauvette, CEO
ServicesBulk freight and intermodal logistics
OwnerDeutsche Bahn
ParentDB Schenker
SubsidiariesEuro Cargo Rail
Websitewww.rail.dbschenker.co.uk

DB Schenker Rail (UK), before 2009 known as English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS), is a British rail freight company headquartered in Doncaster, England.

The company was established as North and South Railways in 1995 by a consortium led by Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation, and was renamed EWS the following year, following the acquisition of five of the six freight companies created by the privatisation of British Rail.

On 28 June 2007, EWS was acquired by Deutsche Bahn AG, and in 2009 it adopted the DB Schenker brand, along with Deutsche Bahn's other freight organisations in Europe.

History

English, Welsh and Scottish Railway

Class 66 with coal wagons in EWS livery (2011)

The company was formed as North and South Railways Limited in 1995 by a consortium headed by Wisconsin Central, with additional financing provided by the financial sector including Berkshire Partners and Fay Richwhite.

The company's first acquisition was that of Rail Express Systems on 9 December 1995, for £24 million. With this came the contract for the Royal Mail train service, including the Travelling Post Office trains; the contract was one of the most profitable obtained by the company. Then, on 24 February 1996, British Rail's three trainload freight companies - Loadhaul Ltd, Mainline Freight Ltd and Transrail Freight Ltd - were acquired for a total of £225 million. All four companies were subsequently merged into North and South Railways, and on 10 July 1996 the name English, Welsh and Scottish Railway, or EWS for short, was adopted.

One of the first actions of the enlarged company was to seek volunteers for redundancy, as it sought to reduce staff numbers by around 3,000, from 7,600.

On 22 November 1997 EWS took over the loss-making Railfreight Distribution, for which it received grants and subsidies estimated to amount to £242 million over eight years, including subsidies for the use of the Channel Tunnel. Railfreight Distribution's businesses included international containerised freight, movement of cars and automotive components by rail, and freight services for the Ministry of Defence. At the time of the takeover, it had 150 locomotives including the specialised Class 92 locomotives for the Channel Tunnel, and was making a yearly loss of around £65 million. Railfreight Distribution was renamed English, Welsh and Scottish Railway International Ltd on 1 December 1998.

The new company had over 900 locomotives and 19,000 freight wagons, and 7,000 employees. Track access charges were renegotiated and after 1800 job redundancies the workers involved in profit sharing and other incentivised working plans; as a result shipping rates were reduced by over 30%. Many locomotives inherited on foundation were considered unreliable, and expensive to maintain; the company invested heavily in modernisation of its rolling stock; by 2002 £750 million had been invested, including 280 new locomotives and over 2,000 new wagons.

EWS's services included mail, locomotive hire, waggonload traffic (branded 'Enterprise', founded by Transrail Freight), cross channel trains via the Channel Tunnel, trainload freight including oil, aggregates, cement and traffic related to the coal, electricity generation and steel industries, and infrastructure trains for Railtrack. Additionally, in the decade following privatisation EWS began to compete for container traffic contracts, and its competitor Freightliner Group also entered into competition for trainload freight, as did DRS (a subsidiary of British Nuclear Fuels) which was initially set up to move radioactive materials by rail. EWS's turnover in 1999 was £533.7 million (an 80% market share by value) with a profit of £32.8 million.

National Power who had operated trains for their power stations under the open access regulations had their train operations acquired by EWS in 1998.

In 2001 the Canadian National Railway bought Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation for its North American holdings (Wisconsin Central Ltd.) and so became a major shareholder (42.5%) of EWS; the company announced its intentions to divest itself of Wisconsin Central's foreign holdings.

The contract with Royal Mail was lost in 2003 (switching to road transport), due to cost. EWS acquired the assets of wagon bogie company, Probotec Ltd. in 2005, forming it into a subsidiary, "Axiom Rail".

The French rail freight subsidiary Euro Cargo Rail was founded in 2005.

By 2006 EWS's turnover was approaching £1 billion, while profit was £14 million.

In 2006 EWS acquired wagon maintenance business Marcroft (Stoke on Trent), as a result of the potential of the acquisition to reduce competition in the UK wagon repair market the acquisition was referred to the Competition Commission by the Office of Fair Trading, who required it to sell all or part of the business excluding Marcroft's works at Stoke.

DB Schenker Rail (UK)

On 28 June 2007, it was announced at a press conference held by Deutsche Bahn (DB), EWS and Spanish rail forwarder Transfesa that DB was to acquire all the shares in EWS as soon as contracts were signed. The value of the deal was estimated at £300 million; at the time EWS had a market share of around 70% in the United Kingdom and around 5,000 employees.

Initially it was announced that EWS would not be rebranded, but on 1 January 2009 EWS, DB's existing Freight organisation Railion and their freight logistics organisation DB Schenker were re-branded DB Schenker.

As part of a formal launch of the new brand, British Rail Class 59 No.59206 was unveiled in full DB Schenker branding at a ceremony at the National Railway Museum in York on 21 January 2009.

In 2009 DB Schenker Rail began work to enable Class 92 hauled trains to operate freight services on the High Speed 1 by installing in cab TVM signalling. The project received funding from the European Commission and it was originally anticipated services would begin in early 2010. On 25 March 2011 for the first time a modified class 92 locomotive travelled from Dollands Moor to Singlewell using the TVM430 signalling system. The first of five planned test trains ran as a loaded container train from Hams Hall, West Midlands to Novara, Italy on 27 May 2011. DB planned to upgrade an additional five Class 92 locomotives to allow them to run on High Speed 1, making a fleet of six.

In July 2011 a trial run of wagons carrying curtain walled swap bodies built to a larger European loading gauge was run from Dollands Moor, Folkestone to east London. From 11 November 2011 a weekly service using European sized swap bodies has run between Barking, London and Wroclaw, Poland using High Speed 1.

Passenger services

Since its inception, EWS has provided locomotives for the Caledonian Sleeper. Class 90s haul the services between Euston station and Edinburgh Waverley/Glasgow Central, where Class 67s takeover, having replaced 37 and Class 47s in the early 2000s. Class 67s today also haul passenger services for Arriva Trains Wales, Chiltern Railways and First ScotRail. Class 67s are also used as Thunderbird rescue locomotives for East Coast. Class 67s have previously hauled passenger trains for First Great Western, Virgin CrossCountry and Wrexham & Shropshire.

Rolling stock

EWS inherited a fleet of locomotives from its British railfreight acquisitions. It placed an order for 250 Class 66s and 30 Class 67s. These replaced all of the 31, 37, 47, 56, 58 and 86 class locomotives. With improved maintenance techniques, they also replaced many of the newer 60 and 90 class locomotives.

Several found further use in Europe hauling construction trains on high speed lines in France and Spain. Class 37s were exported in the late 1990s and Class 58s in the late 2000s.

As well as an extensive fleet of freight wagons, DB Schenker Rail operate a small fleet of Mark 2 and Mark 3 carriages. Some of the former are on hire to First ScotRail for use on Fife Circle services, while the latter are used in the DB Schenker Company Train.

Liveries
  • Former LoadHaul class 60 with EWS transfer sticker (2006) Former LoadHaul class 60 with EWS transfer sticker (2006)
  • Class 60 No.075 in EWS livery (2007) Class 60 No.075 in EWS livery (2007)
  • EWS road-rail vehicle (2007) EWS road-rail vehicle (2007)
  • EWS fuel truck (206) EWS fuel truck (206)
  • Class 66 No.108 in EWS 'Class 66' livery (2004) Class 66 No.108 in EWS 'Class 66' livery (2004)
  • Class 67 No.029 and DVT in EWS company train livery (2009) Class 67 No.029 and DVT in EWS company train livery (2009)
  • No. 66097 in DB Schenker Livery, EWS 66017 behind (2012) No. 66097 in DB Schenker Livery, EWS 66017 behind (2012)

Current fleet

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Class Image Type Introduced Fleet Size Wheel Arr Numbers
Class 08 Diesel locomotive 1952-62 46 C (In Service) 08405, 08428, 08623, 08632, 08633, 08703, 08706, 08742, 08752, 08782, 08799, 08802, 08879, 08888, 08904, 08907
(Stored) 08495, 08499, 08500, 08567, 08578, 08580, 08593, 08605, 08630, 08653, 08676, 08701, 08709, 08711, 08714, 08735, 08737, 08738, 08757, 08784, 08804, 08824, 08865, 08877, 08886, 08922, 08939, 08993(Formally 08592), 08994(Formally 08462), 08995 (Formally 08687)
Class 09 Diesel locomotive 1959-62 3 C (In Service) 09106 (Formally 08759)
(Stored) 09006, 09201 (Formally 08421)
Class 58 Diesel locomotive 1983-87 32 Co-Co (Stored) 58001, 58004-58013, 58018, 58021-58023, 58025-58027, 58032-58036, 58038-58040, 58042, 58044, 58046, 58048-58050
Class 59 Diesel locomotive 1994-95 6 Co-Co (In Service) 59201-59206
Class 60 Diesel locomotive 1989-93 80 Co-Co (In Service as overhauled "Super-60") 60001, 60007, 60010, 60015, 60017, 60020, 60024, 60039, 60040, 60044, 60054, 60059, 60062, 60063, 60074, 60079, 60091, 60092, 60100
(In Service) 60011, 60035, 60045, 60049, 60065, 60099
(Stored) 60003-60006, 60008, 60009, 60012, 60014, 60022, 60023, 60025, 60027-60032, 60034, 60036, 60037, 60042, 60043, 60050-60053, 60057, 60058, 60060, 60064, 60066-60073, 60075, 60077, 60078, 60080-60084, 60086, 60088-60090, 60093, 60094, 60097, 60098, 60500 (Formally 60016)
Class 66 Diesel locomotive 1998-2000 250 Co-Co 66001-66250 (all in service)
66048 Carrbridge derailment after serious Toton TMD is stored.
74 EWS locomotives lent from EWS stock to EWS subsidiary Euro Cargo Rail (66010, 66022, 66026, 66028, 66029, 66032, 66033, 66036, 66038, 66042, 66045, 66049, 66052, 66062, 66064, 66071-66073, 66123, 66146, 66153, 66157, 66159, 66163, 66166, 66173, 66178-66180, 66189-66191, 66195, 66196, 66202, 66203, 66205, 66208-66212, 66214-66220, 66222-66229, 66231, 66233-66237, 66239-66249)
Class 67 Diesel locomotive 1999-2000 30 Bo-Bo (In Service) 67001-030
Class 90 Electric locomotive 1987-90 25 Bo-Bo (In Service) 90018-90021, 90024, 90026, 90028-90029, 90034-90036, 90039
(Stored) 90017, 90022, 90023, 90025, 90027, 90030, 90031, 90032, 90033, 90037, 90038, 90040
90019, 90021 and 90024 are in First ScotRail livery.
90018, 90029 and 90036 are currently in DB Schenker Red livery.
90034 are currently in Direct Rail Services Blue livery.
Class 92 Electric locomotive 1993-96 30 Co-Co (In Service) 92002–92005, 92007–92009, 92011, 92013, 92015–92017, 92019, 92022, 92024, 92026, 92029–92031, 92035–92037, 92039, 92041–92042
(In Service - DB Schenker Bulgaria) 92025, 92027 and 92034
(In Service - DB Schenker Romania) 92012 (now 472 001), 92001 (now 472 002)
Class 325 Electric multiple unit 1995-96 16 (In Service) 325001 - 009, 325011 - 016
(Scrapped) 325010

See also

Notes

  1. The sixth rail freight company created during privatisation, Freightliner, was privatised through a management buyout.
  2. After 2002 began intermodal services from the ports of Felixstowe, Southhampton, and Tilbury.
  3. Probotec was formed 2004 from Powell Duffryn Rail. Powell Duffryn Rail originated as the Cambrian Wagon Company, registered 1905, numerous amalgamations and changes of shareholding, became part of Powell Duffryn in 1935; also acquired the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company in 1986.
  4. Previously two EWS locomotives had received DB Schenker branding — including a light blue British Rail Class 60 No.60074 named "Teenage Cancer Trust"

References

  1. "Edward A. Burkhardt". www.railword.com. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  2. Don Phillips (25 August 2005). "Free Flow: Getting the French on board". www.nytimes.com. New York Times.
  3. "Keith Heller's contribution to the railway honoured with locomotive naming". www.rail.dbschenker.co.uk. DB Schenker UK. 19 January 2010. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  4. "Alain Thauvette , Member of the Management Board of DB Schenker Rail (Region West)". www.dbschenker.com. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  5. "DB Schenker Rail (UK), Services". dbschenker.co.uk.
  6. ^ Companies House extract company no 3116322 DB Schenker Rail (UK) Holdings Limited formerly English Welsh & Scottish Railway Holdings Limited formerly North and South Railways Limited
  7. Parker, David, "Popular Capitalism. 1987-1997", The Official History of Privatisation: Popular Capitalism, 1987-97, vol. 2, p. 480
  8. Lousie Butcher (18 March 2011). "Railways: privatisation, 1987–1996". www.parliament.uk. House of Commons Library. p. 13.
  9. "North & South Railways Ltd acquires Rail Express Systems(UK)". www.alacrastore.com. Thomson Reuters. 8 December 1995.
  10. ^ "The Sale of Rail Freight Distribution" (PDF). Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions / National Audit Office. 26 March 1999. p. 2.
  11. ^ "Rail Privatisation". hansard.millbanksystems.com. Hansard, House of Commons, UK. 27 December 1996. volume 296, 275W.
  12. ^ Nash, C.; Fowkes, T. (2004). "Rail Privatisation in Britain - Lessons for the Rail Freight Industry". In European Conference of Ministers of Transport. Economic Research Centre (ed.). European integration of rail freight transport (Round Table 125). OECD Publishing. pp. 61–94. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Philippe Thalmann (2004). The dynamics of freight transport development: a UK and Swiss comparison. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 34–36. ISBN 0-7546-3756-5.
  14. Christian Wolmar (5 April 1996), "Rail freight to slash workforce", www.independent.co.uk, The Independent
  15. ^ "The Sale of Rail Freight Distribution" (PDF). Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions / National Audit Office. 26 March 1999.
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Further reading

  • Sutton, Philip (August 2007). "Burkhardt on EWS". Rail Express. 135: 32–37.

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