Railfreight Metals
The Railfreight Sectors were created towards the end of 1987 as a further development of the single Railfreight division created by BR in 1982 and existed until the onset of privatisation in 1994.
Railfreight was subdivided into six sub-sectors according to the commodity being transported. The Coal, Construction, Metals, and Petroleum sub-sectors handled trainloads of a specific commodity/group of commodities as described by their name, whilst non-trainload freight operations along with Freightliner and Intermodal services were assigned to Railfreight Distribution (RfD). Any operations not assigned to the other five Railfreight sub-sectors were assigned to Railfreight General, although this sub-sector was short lived being taken over by Railfreight Distribution during 1989.
The Railfreight sub-sectors operated until 1994, when, as part of the privatisation process of British Rail, the specific operations of each sub-sector were done away with and Railfreight was reformed into three regional general railfreight companies in preparation for selling off: Loadhaul, Mainline Freight & Transrail.
Launched on the 15th October 1987, Railfreight Metals operated trains transporting iron ore, steel slab & coil, semi-finished products, wire coil, scrap metal, aluminum, and limestone.
Read MoreRailfreight was subdivided into six sub-sectors according to the commodity being transported. The Coal, Construction, Metals, and Petroleum sub-sectors handled trainloads of a specific commodity/group of commodities as described by their name, whilst non-trainload freight operations along with Freightliner and Intermodal services were assigned to Railfreight Distribution (RfD). Any operations not assigned to the other five Railfreight sub-sectors were assigned to Railfreight General, although this sub-sector was short lived being taken over by Railfreight Distribution during 1989.
The Railfreight sub-sectors operated until 1994, when, as part of the privatisation process of British Rail, the specific operations of each sub-sector were done away with and Railfreight was reformed into three regional general railfreight companies in preparation for selling off: Loadhaul, Mainline Freight & Transrail.
Launched on the 15th October 1987, Railfreight Metals operated trains transporting iron ore, steel slab & coil, semi-finished products, wire coil, scrap metal, aluminum, and limestone.
