Loadhaul, Mainline & Transrail Livery

Loadhaul, Mainline and Transrail were formed in 1994, when British Rail decided to concentrate its freight operations in the three companies. BR decided to split the country into three regions, with Loadhaul in the North East, Transrail to the West, and Mainline to the South and East. The three companies would only have a short life span, as they were all brought together by Wisconsin Central, who renamed them all as EWS. The liveries of the three companies were very different, with Loadhaul being all-over black with orange cabsides. Transrail never adopted a new livery; rather they just rebranded their locomotives, which still carried their previous liveries, the most common being the former Trainload freight triple grey. Mainline also rebranded most of their locomotives similar to Transrail. The three companies inherited most of the former Trainload freight locomotives, but also included were the Civil Engineers liveried locomotives.