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Rail">privatisation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data">1994: <a href="/wiki/Loadhaul" title="Loadhaul">Loadhaul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mainline_Freight" title="Mainline Freight">Mainline Freight</a>, <a href="/wiki/Transrail_Freight" title="Transrail Freight">Transrail</a><br />1995: <a href="/wiki/Freightliner_Group" title="Freightliner Group">Freightliner</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Services</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Intermodal_freight_transport" title="Intermodal freight transport">Intermodal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wagonload_freight" title="Wagonload freight">Wagonload freight</a>, <a href="/wiki/Unit_train" title="Unit train">unit trains</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/British_Rail" title="British Rail">British Rail</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Division_(business)" title="Division (business)">Divisions</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Railfreight_Distribution" title="Railfreight Distribution">Railfreight Distribution</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Trainload_Freight" title="Trainload Freight">Trainload</a>:</i> Metals, Petroleum, Coal.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> <b>Railfreight</b> was a sector of <a href="/wiki/British_Rail" title="British Rail">British Rail</a> responsible for all freight operations on the British network. The division was created in 1982 when BR sought to assign particular stock and management to the evolving requirements of freight traffic. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Railfreight&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Railfreight</b> existed as a single unit from 1982 until 1987 as the rail freight division of British Rail. In 1987 BRs freight operations were further divided according to the type of train operated and material carried; the <a href="/wiki/Trainload_Freight" title="Trainload Freight">Trainload Freight</a> division and its sub-sectors handled <a href="/wiki/Unit_trains" class="mw-redirect" title="Unit trains">unit trains</a> of coal, metal, aggregates, oil or petroleum, LPG, petro-chemicals, and construction materials, <a href="/wiki/Railfreight_Distribution" title="Railfreight Distribution">Railfreight Distribution</a> handled intermodal and non-unit train work, and channel tunnel freight. Activities which were not assigned to one of the new <i>Trainload Freight</i> or <i>Railfreight Distribution</i> sub-sectors were then continued under the <b>Railfreight General</b> banner, Railfreight General was dissolved in 1989, its limited responsibilities being taken over by Railfreight Distribution.<sup id="cite_ref-hendry_2003_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hendry_2003-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Brand">Brand</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Railfreight&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Brand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Railfreight's image had lagged behind the image of the other areas of British Rail, and staff morale reflected this. As part of major restructuring as traffic moved away from wagonload and towards unit trains and containerization, British Rail commissioned a major redesign of the brand from locomotive down to depot entry sign. Roundel Design Group took inspiration from aircraft squadron markings, distinct and visible from a distance, which would also look well even when soiled.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To improve staff morale, over £8 million were invested in depot facilities, giving them a bright and fresh appearance, improving crew spaces, catching up on overdue maintenance.<sup id="cite_ref-Environment_Introduction_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Environment_Introduction-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unique plaques that represented major depots, were applied to locomotives and some rolling stock; with equipment easily identifiable as to its home depot, staff felt motivated to take more care in maintaining the locomotives assigned to them.<sup id="cite_ref-Three_Shades_of_Grey_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Three_Shades_of_Grey-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The rebranding extended beyond just rolling stock and locomotives; signage, depots, vehicles also received the new paint schemes and logos to tie the sectors together. The use of <a href="/wiki/Rail_Alphabet" title="Rail Alphabet">Rail Alphabet</a> however remained consistent with the rest of British Rail. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Logos">Logos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Railfreight&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Logos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1987, British Rail unveiled a new brand and image for Railfreight, introducing six logos for the six new sectors that Railfreight was divided into, <i>Railfreight</i><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, <i>Speedlink Distribution</i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, <i>Railfreight Petroleum</i>, <i>Railfreight Coal</i>, <i>Railfreight Construction</i>, <i>Railfreight Metals</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-IS_0133_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IS_0133-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sutton_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sutton-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the more subtle aspects, was a 'vertical marker strip' used to tie publications, equipment and signage together, which duplicated the distinctive aspect of the main logo, such as 'triangles' for <i>Speedlink Distribution</i> and rectangles for <i>General</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-IS_0134_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IS_0134-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Livery">Livery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Railfreight&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Livery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Railfreight_grey">Railfreight grey</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Railfreight&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Railfreight grey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Railfreight sector was immediately identifiable through the introduction of a new 'Railfreight Grey' livery, originally created for the new <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_58" title="British Rail Class 58">Class 58</a> locomotives which began to appear in 1982,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then soon applied to most of the locomotives and rolling stock assigned to the division. This new colour scheme was very distinctive on the British network as it represented the first clear break from the universal application of variations of <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_corporate_liveries" title="British Rail corporate liveries">Rail Blue</a> for 15 years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Railfreight_red_stripe">Railfreight red stripe</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Railfreight&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Railfreight red stripe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The new livery was further distinguished, in locomotive classes such as the Class 58 and <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_20" title="British Rail Class 20">Class 20</a> where the bodywork was mounted on a solebar, by painting the solebar red to give a distinctive red stripe running the length of the lower bodyside, a livery known as 'Railfreight Red Stripe'. Other classes of locomotives with an integrated <a href="/wiki/Monocoque" title="Monocoque">monocoque</a> construction and so no solebar, such as the <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_25" title="British Rail Class 25">Class 26</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_31" title="British Rail Class 31">Class 31</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_37" title="British Rail Class 37">Class 37</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_47" title="British Rail Class 47">Class 47</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_56" title="British Rail Class 56">Class 56</a>, also had red stripes applied to the lower body side.<sup id="cite_ref-Three_Shades_of_Grey_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Three_Shades_of_Grey-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Two-tone_grey">Two-tone grey</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Railfreight&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Two-tone grey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some of the monocoque locomotives briefly acquired a red stripe in 1987; however following the creation of <i>Trainload Freight</i> and <i>Railfreight Distribution</i> in 1987, they were soon repainted in the new sub-sector two-tone grey livery with appropriate decals. Four remaining Railfreight locomotives and rolling stock, not assigned to the sub-sectors, were painted in two-tone grey livery with dedicated <i>Railfreight General</i> decals. <br />In 1992, Freight Connection 92 saw three Class 90s repainted into fictional interpretations of liveries from France, Germany and Belgium. Following the event, it was a suggestion of the personnel responsible for painting the locomotives that Railfreight Distribution adopt the French paint scheme. After some reworking, the design for the modified livery was finalised in March 1993; it revised the proportions of the grey sections and changed the roof colour slightly. Most noticeable was the inclusion of "Railfreight Distribution" on the sides, the only sector to have its sector name displayed on locomotives.<sup id="cite_ref-Redefining_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Redefining-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerycaption">Railfreight liveries</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 178px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 176px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Class37railfreightgrey.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Railfreight grey livery, shown on a Class 37 in September 1985."><img alt="Railfreight grey livery, shown on a Class 37 in September 1985." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/Class37railfreightgrey.JPG/264px-Class37railfreightgrey.JPG" decoding="async" width="176" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/Class37railfreightgrey.JPG/396px-Class37railfreightgrey.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/Class37railfreightgrey.JPG/528px-Class37railfreightgrey.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1980" data-file-height="1350" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Railfreight grey</i> livery, shown on a <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_37" title="British Rail Class 37">Class 37</a> in September 1985.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 196px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 194px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:19.08.84_Doncaster_Works_58015_(6110207038).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Railfreight Red Stripe livery, shown on a new Class 58 in August 1984."><img alt="Railfreight Red Stripe livery, shown on a new Class 58 in August 1984." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/19.08.84_Doncaster_Works_58015_%286110207038%29.jpg/291px-19.08.84_Doncaster_Works_58015_%286110207038%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="194" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/19.08.84_Doncaster_Works_58015_%286110207038%29.jpg/436px-19.08.84_Doncaster_Works_58015_%286110207038%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/19.08.84_Doncaster_Works_58015_%286110207038%29.jpg/582px-19.08.84_Doncaster_Works_58015_%286110207038%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1508" data-file-height="934" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Railfreight Red Stripe</i> livery, shown on a new <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_58" title="British Rail Class 58">Class 58</a> in August 1984.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Class_60_60081_%27Bleaklow_Hill%27_in_Railfreight_Metals_livery_%26_87019_beyond_left,_Carlisle_18.9.1993_Scans883_(10657007293).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Railfreight Two-tone grey livery, on a Class 60 in September 1993."><img alt="Railfreight Two-tone grey livery, on a Class 60 in September 1993." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Class_60_60081_%27Bleaklow_Hill%27_in_Railfreight_Metals_livery_%26_87019_beyond_left%2C_Carlisle_18.9.1993_Scans883_%2810657007293%29.jpg/271px-Class_60_60081_%27Bleaklow_Hill%27_in_Railfreight_Metals_livery_%26_87019_beyond_left%2C_Carlisle_18.9.1993_Scans883_%2810657007293%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="181" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Class_60_60081_%27Bleaklow_Hill%27_in_Railfreight_Metals_livery_%26_87019_beyond_left%2C_Carlisle_18.9.1993_Scans883_%2810657007293%29.jpg/406px-Class_60_60081_%27Bleaklow_Hill%27_in_Railfreight_Metals_livery_%26_87019_beyond_left%2C_Carlisle_18.9.1993_Scans883_%2810657007293%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Class_60_60081_%27Bleaklow_Hill%27_in_Railfreight_Metals_livery_%26_87019_beyond_left%2C_Carlisle_18.9.1993_Scans883_%2810657007293%29.jpg/541px-Class_60_60081_%27Bleaklow_Hill%27_in_Railfreight_Metals_livery_%26_87019_beyond_left%2C_Carlisle_18.9.1993_Scans883_%2810657007293%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2299" data-file-height="1531" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Railfreight <i>Two-tone grey</i> livery, on a <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_60" title="British Rail Class 60">Class 60</a> in September 1993.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:90021_at_York.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The modified Railfreight Two-tone grey livery used by Railfreight Distribution that appeared in the 1993, on 90021 at York on 3 June 2004."><img alt="The modified Railfreight Two-tone grey livery used by Railfreight Distribution that appeared in the 1993, on 90021 at York on 3 June 2004." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/90021_at_York.JPG/240px-90021_at_York.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/90021_at_York.JPG/360px-90021_at_York.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/90021_at_York.JPG/480px-90021_at_York.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The modified Railfreight <i>Two-tone grey</i> livery used by Railfreight Distribution that appeared in the 1993, on <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_90" title="British Rail Class 90">90021</a> at <a href="/wiki/York_railway_station" title="York railway station">York</a> on 3 June 2004.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Railfreight&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Railfreight&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-hendry_2003-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-hendry_2003_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHendry2003" class="citation book cs1">Hendry, Robert (2003). <i>British Railway Goods Wagons in Colour 1960 - 2003</i>. 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