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Freightliner Group

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.

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Freightliner Group Limited
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRail freight transport
PredecessorBritish Rail
Founded1995; 30 years ago (1995)
Headquarters,
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
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Class 47 no. 47376 in original Freightliner livery. This locomotive was used to launch the company in 1995, being named "Freightliner 1995". It is now preserved on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway and is seen at Toddington station on 25 September 2005.

Fleet detail

United Kingdom

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Class Image Type Built Wheel arr. In traffic Numbers Notes
08 Thumb Diesel shunter 1953 0-6-0 10 08077, 08530, 08531, 08575, 08585, 08624, 08691, 08764, 08785, 08891
59
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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 Thumb 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 Thumb 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 Thumb 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
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Poland

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

More information Class, Type ...
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
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Netherlands

More information Class, Type ...
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
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