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Heavy Haul Rail
3locomotive classes in service
2liveries recorded
0ports, terminals and yards it serves
Facts
- Legal name
- Heavy Haul Rail Limited (company no. 03831229)
- Owner
- Brookfield and GIC (the company's own page does not name its owners). Not part of the CMA CGM sale. (as at October 2026)
- Founded
- 29 Jan 2026 as a rebrand of Freightliner Heavy Haul (company number suggests an older registration; Freightliner entered heavy haul Dec 1999)
- Headquarters
- Birmingham, England
- Traffic
- steel, timber, aggregates, other bulk (cement, petroleum, scrap, waste, Network Rail ballast per Freightliner heavy haul history)
- Depots
- Barrow Hill, Basford Hall (Crewe), Doncaster (shared), Earles Sidings, Fairwater (Taunton), Guide Bridge (Manchester), Hunslet (Leeds), Midland Road (Leeds), Stoke Gifford (Bristol), York Yard South, Mendip Vehicle Maintenance Facilities (Somerset, company page)
unverified Some of these figures haven’t yet been checked against an official source or a published history. What’s in doubt ↓
Locomotives
| Class | Number | Note | As at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class 66 | 58 | RAIL Feb 2026: 56 active plus 66552 and 66591 in the holding pool. Wikipedia lists 59 (text says 62) incl. 66/9 (66951-957), 66/6 (66601-623) and ex-DRS 66413-420. | October 2026 |
| Class 70 | 19 | RAIL: 16 active + 70013, 70018, 70019 stored; 70012 is a test bed. | October 2026 |
| Class 59 | 14 | 59001/002/004/005, 59101-104, 59201-206; 59104 stored after engine issues. | October 2026 |
Counts come from sources of different dates and are indicative. No drawings yet: the classes and their dimensions.
Liveries 2
- Heavy Haul Rail deep green and lime current on Class 66, Class 70, Class 59
Deep green body with lime (yellow-green) details. First shown on Class 66 66537 (repaint at Loughborough by UKRL). Single-source: page body not retrievable. Logo: yes, left off. - Inherited Freightliner liveries (orange/black, green/yellow, PowerHaul) former, still running on Class 66, Class 70, Class 59
Fleet still carries Freightliner-era schemes pending repaint; see Freightliner liveries. Logo: yes, left off.
Described in words: no operator publishes colour codes, so none is given. The logo is left off every drawing (the site is independent of every operator).
Sources
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Show the 21 sources from Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia, RAIL magazine and 6 more
- Heavy Haul Rail Wikipedia (secondary; must be paired), 2026-10-25founding, depots, fleet, people
- Heavy Haul Rail home page Heavy Haul Rail Limited, read 2026-10-25legal name, company number
- How Freightliner locomotive fleets are splitting after intermodal sale RAIL magazine, 2026-02-11fleet pools
- Heavy Haul Rail unveils first Class 66 in new livery Railmarket, 2026-02livery
- Freightliner gives Class 70 retro look to mark firm's 60th anniversary RAIL magazine, 2024-12-06Freightliner schemes in use
- British Rail Class 59 Wikipedia (secondary; must be paired), 2026-10-25full dimension set
- GB Railfreight - Locomotives page GB Railfreight, undated (read 2026-10-25)121 t, 60 mph (97 km/h), 59003
- Class 66 data sheet (Fiche Class 66 EN) Akiem (locomotive lessor), 20182,462 kW, 1,850 kW at rail, 75 mph (121 km/h), 129.6 t, length 70 ft 3 in (21.400 m)
- DB Cargo UK Fleet (undated page) DB Cargo UK, undated (read 2026-10-25)3,300 bhp, 75 mph (121 km/h), 70 ft 3 in (21.4 m), 129.6 t
- British Rail Class 66 Wikipedia (secondary; must be paired), 2026-10-2570 ft 2 in (21.39 m), 8 ft 8 in (2.63 m) wide, 12 ft 10 in (3.91 m) high; sub-classes
- Twenty DB Cargo UK Class 66s set for export to Romania RAIL magazine, 2026-01-19DB Cargo 137 active
- Class 66 data (loco-info.com) loco-info.com, undatedwheelbase 57 ft 1 in (17.41 m), rigid 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
- 66702 _Blue Lightning_ Ely DGL 170522.jpg (photograph, CC BY 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (kitmasterbloke), 21 May 2022the drawing's outline, layout and heights (rectified, level); the GBRf livery
- 66073 Toton 071022.jpg (photograph, CC BY 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (kitmasterbloke), 14 October 2022the DB Cargo livery, the cab doors and details (ratios only)
- 66701 Toton 071022.jpg (photograph, CC BY 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (kitmasterbloke), 14 October 2022a cross-check of the layout; GBRf's colours in overcast light
- Freightliner 66591 (no 1 end, left side).JPG (photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0) Wikimedia Commons (Geof Sheppard), 14 November 2021the HTCR bogie's layout and the wheel size (by ratio)
- 66 598 Rivenhall side on 231120.jpg (photograph, CC BY 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (kitmasterbloke), 23 November 2020the bogie and underframe cross-check; the Freightliner livery
- 66847 and 66849 Eastleigh 301223.jpg (photograph, CC BY 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (kitmasterbloke), 31 December 2023the Colas Rail livery (rectified on its grilles)
- 66421 Gresty Bridge TMD Wilsons Lane 231121.jpg (photograph, CC BY 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (kitmasterbloke), 23 November 2021the DRS livery's blue (read off its cab doors)
- Class 70 data sheet (Fiche Class 70 EN) Akiem (locomotive lessor), 20182,750 kW, 2,250 kW at the wheel rim, 120 km/h (75 mph), 129 t, 71 ft 3 in (21.710 m)
- British Rail Class 70 Wikipedia (secondary; must be paired), 2026-10-2571 ft 3 in (21.710 m), 12 ft 10 in (3.917 m), 8 ft 8 in (2.642 m), wheel diameter 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
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unverified
- Owners (Brookfield, GIC) come from Wikipedia and the Freightliner Wikipedia page; the company page does not state them.
- Livery single-source; hex colours unpublished.
- Class 59 history: Wikipedia says 59001/002/004/005 came from Mendip Rail in 2019 while the Mendip Rail page still lists four 59/0 and four 59/1 as Mendip's; not reconciled.
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