English, Welsh and Scottish Railway Ltd (EWS) is the largest British rail freight company. Image File history File links EWSlogo. ...

EWS was established by a consortium led by Wisconsin Central Ltd in 1996. Canadian National bought Wisconsin Central in 2001, and held approximately 30% of the company. There were two Wisconsin Central railroads that ran through Wisconsin and neighboring states. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... CN redirects here, as its the most common usage of the abbreviation in Canada; for more uses, see CN (disambiguation). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

On 28 June 2007 it was announced at a common press conference of Deutsche Bahn AG (DB), EWS and Spanish rail forwarder Transfesa, that DB was to acquire all the shares in EWS as soon as all contracts were signed.^[1] EWS would be part of DB's international rail freight subsidiary, Railion, but would not be rebranded.^[2] is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Deutsche Bahn AG (German Railway Corporation; abbreviated DBAG or simply DB) is Germanys main railway operator, providing passenger and goods services over federally owned tracks. ... Railion is a European (mainly German) railroad cargo carrier. ...

History

The first stage of the creation of EWS occurred at 0500 on Saturday 9 December 1995 when it was announced that Rail Express Systems had been sold to a consortium led by Wisconsin Central for £25.7 million and renamed North & South Railways Ltd. Included in the sale were 164 locomotives, 677 vans, depots at Crewe, Bristol Barton Hill, Cambridge and Euston ‘Downside’ (London), and 800-strong staff. North & South Railways confirmed that it was bidding for all three of the former BR trainload freight companies: Trans-Rail, Mainline Freight and Load-Haul is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Rail Express Systems livery as carried by Propelling Control Vehicle no. ... There were two Wisconsin Central railroads that ran through Wisconsin and neighboring states. ... Trans-Rail livery, as carried by Class 37 no. ... Mainline Freight blue livery as carried by Class 37 no. ... Load-Haul livery on Class 37 37710 at Didcot on 30 October 2004. ...

The UK Government had hoped to sell the three trainload freight companies as separate businesses to encourage competition. Few bidders were interested in individual companies because of the threat of competition from the other two, but the outright purchase of all three was an attractive proposition.

By December 1995, there were just two bidders in the running for the trainload companies: Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...

• Wisconsin Central
• FirstFreight - Load-Haul’s management backed by Denver-based rail haulier OmniTRAX

During early 1996 it was announced that Wisconsin Central/ North & South Railways was the preferred bidder, and on 24 February 1996 the contract was signed. Later that day, the formal handover from BRB chairman John Welsby to Wisconsin Central President Ed Burkhardt took place at a ceremony at London’s Marylebone station. Burkhardt announced several plans for the following two years: There were two Wisconsin Central railroads that ran through Wisconsin and neighboring states. ... Load-Haul livery on Class 37 37710 at Didcot on 30 October 2004. ... This article refers to the state capital of Colorado. ... OmniTRAX of Denver, Colorado, United States, an affiliate of The Broe Companies, Inc, is a North American transportation services company. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Marylebone station or London Marylebone station is a National Rail and London Underground station in central London. ...

Four Class 60s; 60040, 60065 Spirit of Jaguar, 60022 and an unidentified classmate at Peak Forest on 16 January 2005.

66106 at Doncaster on the 3rd November 2007

• Order 250 brand new heavy freight locomotives - EWS bought 250 Class 66 locomotives
• Condemn most of the Class 37s and ‘ageing and unreliable’ Class 47s
• Withdraw all the remaining Trainload Class 20s and Class 33s
• Close “a very great many” diesel depots
• Merge the three freight companies with Rail Express Systems
• Reinstate stored Class 08s if increased business warranted it
• Rename the new company ‘London, Central & Scottish Railway’, or similar

£225.15 million was paid for the three trainload freight businesses, which carried 88.7 million tonnes of freight the previous year with a turnover of £559 million. Some critics said that the figure paid was less than the 10% of their replacement value, estimated at an astonishing £3 billion, as they were the only profitable national freight businesses in Europe Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 762 KB)A line up of Class 60s at Peak Forest stabling point. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 762 KB)A line up of Class 60s at Peak Forest stabling point. ... Class 60s at Peak Forest In the mid 1980s British Rail was faced with an aging fleet of freight locomotives which required overhaul or replacement. ... Peak Forest is a small village on the main road from Chapel-En-Le-Frith to Chesterfield in England. ... is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Class 66 locomotive is a development of the Class 59 and used both on British and European railway networks—where it is marketed as EMD Series 66. ... The British Rail Class 37 diesel locomotives, also known as the English Electric Type 3, were commissioned as a part of the 1955 British Rail modernisation plan. ... Two Class 47s, Nos. ... D8036 at Euston in 1963 in original green livery without yellow warning panels. ... D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ... D3312 at Kings Cross, 1963 in British Railways green livery 08 910 at Carlisle, 1975 in British Rail blue livery. ...

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EWS’ identity

Class 37/4 no. 37411 "The Scottish Railway Preservation Society" at Carlisle on 27 August 2004. At the time it was hired to Arriva Trains Northern for services over the Settle-Carlisle line.

The EWS livery is an in-house UK development of the Wisconsin Central corporate colours. Engineers at Toton were told to investigate how the WC corporate colours of maroon and gold (originally taken from the Soo Line) could be applied to smaller British locomotive designs. The overall concept was satisfactory, but there was difficulty in meeting the Chief Executive’s request that the words "Wisconsin Central" and the company's logo be emblazoned in red capitals on the gold band Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 686 KB)British Rail Class 37/4, no. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 686 KB)British Rail Class 37/4, no. ... For other uses, see Carlisle (disambiguation). ... is the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arriva Trains Northern was a train operating company that operated passenger trains in Northern England. ... The Settle–Carlisle Railway (S&C) is a 72 mile (115 km) long main railway line in northern England. ...

The specification that was outlined for the new EWS livery was:

• Maroon - bodysides, roofs and ends. To get the correct WC shade of maroon, a sample ‘plate’ was flown from the USA to the UK and colours mixed to match it. When the Class 66s and 67s were being built, WC sent another sample ‘plate’ to General Motors to mix, and it is said that this shade is slightly lighter than the British mix.^{[citation needed]}
• Black - underframes and bufferbeams.
• Gold - most locomotives had a 600-mm gold band, but Class 37s, 58s and 73s looked better with a 550-mm band due to their ‘odd’ shapes.
• Yellow - standard UK cab-end warning panels, and a reflective tape along the bottom of the body side, a safety feature taken from WC practice arising from the need in the USA for locomotives to be visible at night to motorists approaching unprotected level crossings.

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• EW&S in Arial Bold typeface in maroon on the gold band. The ampersand was later dropped. The typeface was later changed to Gill Sans, used by the LNER from the late 1920s and by BR until the 1960s.
• Locomotive number in the same style.
• Class number and locomotive number grouped as a single five-figure number, not spaced out as BR had formerly insisted.^{[citation needed]}

A later development was that the company name and locomotive numbers were at opposite ends of the band on each side, i.e. on one side, the EWS was on the left and the loco number on the right, while on the other side the reverse applied Arial, sometimes marketed as Arial MT, is a typeface and a computer font packaged with Microsoft Windows, other Microsoft software applications, and many PostScript computer printers. ... “Font” redirects here. ... An ampersand (&), also commonly called an and sign is a logogram representing the conjunction and. ... Gill Sans is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Eric Gill in 1927-30. ...

The first locomotive to carry EWS livery was 37057 when it emerged from Toton in April 1996. Several locomotives – some Class 37s, 56s and 60s – ran in traffic in undercoat when their overhauls were completed before the EWS livery was finalised

Due to the huge costs involved in painting locomotives, the new livery was to be applied to EWS locos after main works attention or overhauls, and there are still locomotives in EWS ownership that carry the ‘sectorisation’ era Loadhaul, Mainline Freight and Trans-Rail liveries. Mainline Freight blue livery as carried by Class 37 no. ... Trans-Rail livery, as carried by Class 37 no. ...

Logo

08798 at Wembley Yard, 31 July 2004.

To develop its new logo, EWS partnered with RAIL magazine which, through a special "Freight in the 1990s" supplement issued with RAIL 273 in early 1996, invited its readers to submit ideas for the new company logo. Over 1,200 entries were submitted and each idea was judged by Ed Burkhardt, who chose Tom Connell's design depicting an English lion, a Welsh dragon and a Scottish stag – the three national elements of the EWS operation. The logo, which was said to give a sensation of speed, was to be used on locomotives, wagons, depot signs, publicity material and stationery. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2446x1649, 543 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): British Rail Class 08 ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2446x1649, 543 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): British Rail Class 08 ... Wembley, until 1965 a borough in its own right, forms the northern part of the London Borough of Brent. ... is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... RAIL is a UK magazine on the subject of current rail transport in Great Britain. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

EWS originally planned to take a winning idea as the basis for a final logo to be produced by an agency, but only one minor alteration was made, slightly closing the stag's mouth.

Connell was invited to Toton depot on Tuesday January 14, 1997 to unveil the new EWS logo on the cabside of 58037. The ‘58’ was the first locomotive to carry the logo, which also had the company name beneath it in Gill Sans typeface. After unveiling the logo in the presence of Toton Depot Engineer, Dave Smith, Connell was presented with a prototype 3D cast relief aluminium plaque of his logo by EWS Communications Manager Richard Holmes. As part of his prize Connell was allowed a cab ride of his choice. He chose 60037 hauling the 0940 Burngullow to Irvine tanks on May 15, 1997. is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ...

Originally it was intended to use a cast logo on each locomotive. However, with a fleet of around 650 locomotives, each requiring two plaques, this was ruled out on cost grounds. Instead, reflective yellow vinyl transfers are used

Present operations

66108 at Didcot station

EWS primarily operates freight services, hauling everything from coal to sleepers, track and ballast for railway engineering work. It operates throughout Great Britain, and carries items such as cars, chemicals, consumer goods, steel, railway engineering supplies, coal, aggregates, and timber, and also delivers trains arriving in the UK from continental Europe via the Channel Tunnel. Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 655 KB)BR Class 66, no. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 655 KB)BR Class 66, no. ... Statistics Population: 25,231 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU525900 Administration District: South Oxfordshire Shire county: Oxfordshire Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Oxfordshire Historic county: Berkshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Police Ambulance: South Central Post office and telephone Post town... The British terminal at Cheriton in west Folkestone, from the Pilgrims Way. ...

Some operators use EWS locomotives for hauling passenger services, such as Arriva Trains Wales on the Rhymney Line during peak times during the week and at weekends. EWS hauls the Caledonian Sleeper services between London Euston and major Scottish cities, on behalf of First ScotRail. Arriva Trains Wales (Welsh: ) is a train operating company that operates urban and inter urban passenger services in Wales and the Welsh Marches. ... The Rhymney Line is a railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Heath, Llanishen, Caerphilly, Bargoed and Rhymney. ... The Deerstalker redirects here. ... Facade of Euston Station, London Euston Arch: the original Euston Station, as enlarged, ca 1851 Euston station concourse Euston station (also known as London Euston), is a large railway station in Central London. ... First ScotRail is the brand under which FirstGroup PLC runs its railway franchise to operate all domestic passenger services within Scotland, as well as the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London. ...

EWS also operates the Royal Train and previously operated the Travelling Post Office and other mail services for Royal Mail. This contract was not renewed by Royal Mail in early 2004, and a reduced mail train service is now operated under contract by FirstGBRf. EWS also carries mail and parcels for the UK subsidiary of German parcels carrier DHL. Class 67 67005 Queens Messenger brings up the rear of the Royal Train as it heads along the Dawlish sea front on 15 September 2004. ... British Rail TPO vehicle NSA 80390 on display at Doncaster Works open day on 27th July 2003. ... Royal Mail is the national postal service of the United Kingdom. ... Class 66 66713 Forest City on display at Crewe Works open day on 1 June 2003. ... A DHL Boeing 757. ...

On 26 October 2005, the French Minister of Transport announced that EWS International had been granted a safety certificate and would become the third rail freight operator in France. A new company, Euro Cargo Rail, would be formed to market the new services on routes in northern France, such as Calais to Tourcoing and Dunkerque. is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Euro Cargo Rail is a French based operator of freight trains, mainly from Calais to Tourcoing and Dunkerque A division of UK rail freight operator EWS, it will operate rail freight services on a number of routes in northern France, particularly on routes to and from the French border // On... Calais (Kales in Dutch) is a town in northern France, located at 50°57N 1°52E. It is in the département of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ... Tourcoing (Dutch: ) is a city and commune of northern France, in the Nord département, located near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border. ... Location within France Dunkirk ( French: Dunkerque; Dutch: Duinkerke) is a harbour city and a commune in the northernmost part of France, in the département of Nord, 10 km from the Belgian border. ...

Traction and rolling stock

The EWS Company Train

EWS-66181 hauling tanker wagons

EWS has a large fleet of both diesel and electric traction, from old British Rail models to the very latest Brush Traction and General Motors models. Some of these locomotives were inherited from British Rail, and others have been purchased by EWS as part of a fleet renewal programme. This article is about the defunct entity British Railways, which later traded as British Rail. The History of rail transport in Great Britain is covered in its own article. ... Brush Traction works in Loughborough, United Kingdom. ... General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is an American automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ...

The British Rail practice of having locomotive pools for dedicated traffic was phased out in favour of a national ‘go-anywhere, do-anything’ fleet. In an interview given in 1996, Jim Fisk, EWS’ Engineering Director, said: "The long term plan is to get rid of the Class 20s, 31s and 33s as soon as possible, with the core EWS fleet comprising of 250 Class 66s; 100 Class 60s; 50 Class 58s; 50 Class 56s and 100 Class 37s as well as a fleet of 08 shunters. There will be no planned reductions in the fleet of electric locomotives". At the same time, Fisk explained there would be a "reserve" fleet of around 130 locomotives stored serviceable in a ready-to-run condition, to be used at just a moment’s notice. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

The plans have altered slightly, with four Class 37s now being regularly used by EWS (37405/406/410/417), no Class 56s or 58s, and the number of Class 60s varying around the year between 70 and 20. While the withdrawal of the non-standard single example of Class 87/1 made sound commercial sense (particularly as it had suffered a major failure), what was not predicted by Fisk was the withdrawal of all the Class 73s and Class 86s operated by the company - many of the 86s were withdrawn following the loss of Royal Mail traffic in 2004. While the Class 92 fleet remains relatively stable, inroads have been made into the Class 90 fleet in recent years, with several examples being stored at Crewe. The congestion and shortage of available pathways on major electrified routes, especially on the East and West Coast Main Lines, have forced freight onto non-electrified sections of track such as dedicated freight lines and local routes, leaving EWS with no option but to use diesel traction at the expense of existing electric locomotives. The British Rail Class 37 diesel locomotives, also known as the English Electric Type 3, were commissioned as a part of the 1955 British Rail modernisation plan. ... The British Rail Class 56 is a type of diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight work. ... 58001, on display at Doncaster Works open day on 27th July 2003. ... Class 60s at Peak Forest In the mid 1980s British Rail was faced with an aging fleet of freight locomotives which required overhaul or replacement. ... No. ... Class 73, no. ... Class 86/6, nos. ... 92027 George Eliot at Stafford in August 2005 with an intermodal train. ... The first Class 90, No. ...

Diesel traction

67017 Arrow at Plymouth station on 29 August 2003 in EWS maroon and gold livery.

• Class 08 Diesel-shunter
• Class 09 Diesel-shunter
• Class 31 Diesel (now withdrawn)
• Class 33 Diesel (now withdrawn)
• Class 37 Diesel
• Class 47 Diesel (now withdrawn)
• Class 56 Diesel (now withdrawn)
• Class 58 Diesel (now withdrawn)
• Class 59 Diesel
• Class 60 Diesel
• Class 66 Diesel
• Class 67 Diesel

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Electric traction

• Class 73 Electro-diesel (now withdrawn)
• Class 86 Electric (now withdrawn)
• Class 87 Electric (now withdrawn)
• Class 90 Electric
• Class 92 Electric

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Current Fleet

• Class 08 Shunters = Various
• Class 09 Shunters = 001-023/101-107/201-205

• Class 37 = Various
• Class 59 = 201-206
• Class 60 = 001-100/500(ex 016)
• Class 66 = 001-250(UK:200, France:50)
• Class 67 = 001-030
• Class 90 = Various
• Class 92 = Various

Class 66s in France

Allocated to WBEN Pool

66010/66022/66026/66028/66029/66032/66033/66036/66038/66042/66045/66049/66052/66062/66064/66071/66072/66073/66123/66179/66190/ 66191/66195/66202/66203/66205/66208/66209/66210/66211/66212/66214/66215/66216/66217/66218/66222/66223/66224/66225/66226/66228/ 66229/66231/66233/66234/66235/66236/66239/66240/66241/66242/66243/66244/66245/66246/66247/66249

WBEN Pool = 58 Class 66s

(Updated OCtober 2007)

Workings

Class 08- Class 08 are used for shunting and minor freight work. They are mostly seen in EWS train yards and sometimes seen on rural freight lines. Max Speed of this locomotive is 15mph.

Class 37- Class 37's are scattered mostly around the North West of England on the West Coast Mainline. Most have been withdrawn and stored/sold, although a small fleet is to be retained for specific duties. The limited max speed of the passenger version of these locomotives is 80mph.

Class 59- Class 59's are used for aggragate transportation from quarries around the West Country. Some Class 59's have been seen on railtours around Yorkshire. The limited max speed of these locomotives is 75mph.

Class 60- Class 60's are used for slow coal transportations like 'Fidler's Ferry' in Widnes, Cheshire. They are also seen carrying some 'Heavy Haul' coal services. Max speeds of these locomotives is 60mph under limits.

Class 66- Class 66 are used for almost all workings. They are used on most 'Heavy Haul' workings and certain railtours. Class 66's are limited to 75mph workings.

Class 67- Class 67's are EWS's fastest locomotives, at max speeds of 125mph, but limited to 80mph. These loco's are solely operated by EWS. Currently they are primarily used on First ScotRail's 3 Caledonian Sleeper services north of Edinburgh, although in Spring 2008, the new upcoming franchise 'Wrexham & Shropshire' intercity company plan on using Class 67 locomotives along with 3 Mark 3 coaches and a final Class 82 DVT will haul these new services from London Marylebone to Wrexham General, other than that, these locomotives run the Royal Train in which The Queen boards around the United Kingdom. They also are used for freight and the new 'Weed-Killing' programme. They suffer from having a high-axle load, and are subject to severe speed restrictions on many overbridges, on lines that they were never intended to run over. This article needs to be wikified. ... The main entrance to Marylebone station. ... Wrexham General railway station (Welsh: ) is a medium-sized railway station in the town of Wrexham, north-east Wales // In 1846 the first steam trains began the Railway Age in Wrexham. ...

Class 90- Class 90's are EWS's strongest electric locomotive ever and has a max speed of 110mph, but limited to 75mph. They are used all over the country for freightwork on electrified rails due to this locomotive being the first of EWS's AC overhead cable powered locomotives. They are also used for railtours on the West and East Coast Mainlines.

Class 92- Class 92's are the youngest AC electric locomotive in the EWS Fleet. They are very capable of hauling heavy loads and reliable. It is used on failed Diesel Locomotive runs, (It has been seen pulling a coal train consisting of 2 Class 66's, a Class 60 and a Class 67. This locomotive can be used on 25 Kv AC Overhead lines and also DC 3rd rail lines due to it's dual voltage system. Class 92's have a max speed of 90mph, but limited to 75mph on freight work.

See also

• Rail transport in Great Britain
• History of rail transport in Great Britain
• EWS Company Train

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External links

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Further reading

• Sutton, Philip (2007 August). "Burkhardt on EWS". Rail Express 135: 32-7.

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