Freightliner Group

Freightliner Group Limited
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRail freight transport
PredecessorBritish Rail
Founded1995 (1995)
Headquarters
London
,
England
Area served
United Kingdom
Germany
Poland
Netherlands
Key people
Tim Shoveller (CEO)[1]
ServicesBulk freight, Intermodal freight transport and logistics
RevenueUS$785 million[2]
Number of employees
2,500+[3]
ParentBrookfield
GIC
DivisionsIntermodal, Heavy Haul, Maintenance
SubsidiariesRotterdam Rail Feeding
Pentalver
Websitewww.freightliner.co.uk

Freightliner Group is a rail freight and logistics company in the United Kingdom. It is owned by Brookfield, a Canadian investment management company and GIC, a Singaporean sovereign wealth fund.

Fleet detail

United Kingdom

Class Image Type Built Wheel arr. In traffic Numbers Notes
08 Diesel shunter 1953 0-6-0 10 08077, 08530, 08531, 08575, 08585, 08624, 08691, 08764, 08785, 08891
59 Diesel locomotive 1985-1995 Co-Co 4 59001/002, 59004/005 Acquired from Mendip Rail in 2019.[4]
4 59101-59104
6 59201-59206 Acquired from DB Cargo UK in 2019.[5]
66 1999-2008 7 66413-66416, 66418-66420

Acquired from Direct Rail Services in 2011. 66411, 66412 & 66417 exported for use in Freightliner PL

81 66501-520, 66522-526, 66528-529, 66531-534, 66536-572, 66585, 66587-594, 66596-599 66521 written off after Great Heck rail crash.

66527, 66530, 66535, 66582, 66583, 66584, 66586 and 66595 have been exported to Poland, the operating subsidiary Freightliner PL 66573-581 have been sold to Colas Rail and GB Railfreight and renumbered 66846-850 and 66738-741 respectively.

19 66601-607, 66610, 66613-623 66608, 66609, 66611, 66612, 66624 and 66625 have been exported to Poland, the operating subsidiary Freightliner PL.
7 66951-66957
70 2009-2011 19 70001-70011, 70013-70020 70012 dropped while being unloaded at Newport; returned to manufacturers and is currently used as a test bed.
90 Electric locomotive 1987-1990 Bo-Bo 25 90003-90016,90018
90040-90049 		90018 & 90040 sold by DB Cargo UK to Freightliner in April 2024[6]
Total 182

Poland

Class Image Type Introduced Wheel arr. In traffic Numbers
EMD Series 66 Diesel 2006-07 Co-Co 13 66008-011, 013-015 & 66601-606
Newag Dragon E6ACTd Electric
(Diesel last-mile slave) 		2016 5 E6ACTd-101 - E6ACTd-105

Australia

Class Type Introduced Wheel arr In traffic Numbers Notes
GL Diesel 1971/72 remanufactured 2004 Co-Co 2 GL111, GL112 leased from Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia
XRN 2010-12 30 XRN001-030 owned by Xstrata
CF 2013 2 CF4407, CF4408 leased from Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia
G 1988 2 G533, G535

Netherlands

Class Type Introduced Wheel arr. In traffic Numbers Notes
Vossloh G1206 Diesel Bo-Bo
3
 Shunting and local operations
Vossloh G 2000
1
EMD Class 66 Co-Co Withdrawn, lease ended
BR182 (Siemens ES 64 U2) Electric Bo-Bo
1
BR185 (Bombardier TRAXX)
2
BR189 (Siemens ES 64 F4)
12

References

  1. ↑ "Genesee & Wyoming Appoints Tim Shoveller as CEO of UK/Europe Operations". gwrr.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "G&W agrees to buy Freightliner Group". Railway Gazette International. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Careers". freightliner.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Holden, Michael (22 May 2020). "Freightliner purchases 14 Class 59 locomotives as Mendip Rail contract continues". Rail Advent. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "DB Cargo Class 59/2s Sold to Freightliner". rail-record.co.uk. 3 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "First Class 90s head for scrap while DB Cargo UK sells two to Freighliner". Rail Express. No. 337. p. 18.

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