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((Short description|Former sector of British Rail))
((Distinguish|Rail freight transport|Freight train (disambiguation)))
((Use dmy dates|date=October 2017))
((Use British English|date=October 2017))
((Refimprove|date=October 2008))
((Infobox company
| name             = Railfreight
| logo             = Railfreight General logo.svg
| logo_size        = 100px
| image            = 58001 at Doncaster Works.JPG
| image_size       = 200px
| image_caption    = 58001 at Doncaster Works
| type             = State owned
| traded_as        = 
| genre            = <!-- Only used with media and publishing companies -->
| fate             = Split into regional sectors for [[Privatisation of British Rail|privatisation]]
| predecessor      = 
| successor        = 1994: [[Loadhaul]], [[Mainline Freight]], [[Transrail Freight|Transrail]]<br>1995: [[Freightliner Group|Freightliner]]
| foundation       = 1982
| founder          = 
| defunct          = 1994
| location_city    = 
| location_country = 
| location         = 
| locations        = 
| area_served      = 
| key_people       = 
| industry         = Rail freight
| products         = 
| services         = [[Intermodal freight transport|Intermodal]], [[Wagonload freight]], [[unit train|unit trains]]
| revenue          = 
| operating_income = 
| net_income       = 
| assets           = 
| equity           = 
| owner            = 
| num_employees    = 
| parent           = [[British Rail]]
| divisions        = [[Railfreight Distribution]]. ''[[Trainload Freight|Trainload]]:'' Metals, Petroleum, Coal.
| subsid           = 
| footnotes        = 
))


'''Railfreight''' was a sector of [[British Rail]] 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.

==History==
'''Railfreight''' 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 [[Trainload Freight]] division and its sub-sectors handled [[unit trains]] of coal, metal, aggregates, oil or petroleum, LPG, petro-chemicals, and construction materials, [[Railfreight Distribution]] handled intermodal and non-unit train work, and channel tunnel freight. Activities which were not assigned to one of the new ''Trainload Freight'' or ''Railfreight Distribution'' sub-sectors were then continued under the '''Railfreight General''' banner, Railfreight General was dissolved in 1989, its limited responsibilities being taken over by Railfreight Distribution.<ref name="hendry 2003">((cite book |last1=Hendry |first1=Robert |title=British Railway Goods Wagons in Colour 1960 - 2003 |date=2003 |publisher=Midland Publishing |location=Hinckley England |isbn=1-85780-170-9 |page=95))</ref>

==Brand==
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.<ref>((cite web |last1=Job |first1=Nick |title=Basic Elements Introduction |url=http://www.doublearrow.co.uk/sheets/RF_Basic_Elements_Introduction_2.jpg |website=doublearrow.co.uk |publisher=British Rail |accessdate=12 January 2019 |language=English |date=November 1988))</ref>
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.<ref name="Environment Introduction">((cite web |last1=Job |first1=Nick |title=Environment Introduction |url=http://www.doublearrow.co.uk/sheets/RF_Environment_Introduction_2.jpg |website=doublearrow.co.uk |publisher=British Rail |accessdate=12 January 2019 |date=November 1988))</ref> 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.<ref name="Three Shades of Grey">((cite web |last1=Carter |first1=Andy |title=Three Shades of Grey (Railfreight 1987 corporate identity, Roundel Design Group, UK) |url=https://thebeautyoftransport.com/2015/09/09/three-shades-of-grey-railfreight-1987-corporate-identity-roundel-design-group-uk/ |website=The Beauty of Transport |accessdate=12 January 2019 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20190112032953/https://thebeautyoftransport.com/2015/09/09/three-shades-of-grey-railfreight-1987-corporate-identity-roundel-design-group-uk/ |archivedate=12 January 2019 |language=English |date=9 September 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all ))</ref>
 
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 [[Rail Alphabet]] however remained consistent with the rest of British Rail.

===Logos===
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, ''Railfreight''((efn|Later known as 'Railfreight General'.)), ''Speedlink Distribution''((efn|Later known as 'Railfreight Distribution')), ''Railfreight Petroleum'', ''Railfreight Coal'', ''Railfreight Construction'', ''Railfreight Metals''.<ref name="IS 0133">((cite web |last1=Job |first1=Nick |title=Vertical Marker Stripes |url=http://www.doublearrow.co.uk/sheets/BR_0133.gif |website=doublearrow.co.uk |publisher=British Rail |accessdate=12 January 2019 |language=English |date=February 1988))</ref><ref name="Sutton">((cite magazine |last=Sutton |first=Philip |date=2007 |title=Railfreight: The Making of a Design Classic |magazine=Rail Express |issue=137 |pages=20–27 |issn=1362-234X))</ref>
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 ''Speedlink Distribution'' and rectangles for ''General''.<ref name="IS 0134">((cite web |last1=Job |first1=Nick |title=Vertical Marker Stripes |url=http://www.doublearrow.co.uk/sheets/BR_0134.gif |website=doublearrow.co.uk |publisher=British Rail |accessdate=12 January 2019 |language=English |date=February 1988))</ref>

===Livery===
====Railfreight grey====
The Railfreight sector was immediately identifiable through the introduction of a new 'Railfreight Grey' livery, originally created for the new [[British Rail Class 58|Class 58]] locomotives which began to appear in 1982,<ref>[http://www.c58lg.co.uk/html/railfreight.html Railfreight] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915040413/http://www.c58lg.co.uk/html/railfreight.html |date=15 September 2010 )), Class 58 locomotive group</ref> 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 [[British Rail corporate liveries|Rail Blue]] for 15 years.  

====Railfreight red stripe====
The new livery was further distinguished, in locomotive classes such as the Class 58 and [[British Rail Class 20|Class 20]]  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 [[monocoque]] construction and so no solebar, such as the [[British Rail Class 25|Class 26]], [[British Rail Class 31|Class 31]], [[British Rail Class 37|Class 37]], [[British Rail Class 47|Class 47]] and [[British Rail Class 56|Class 56]], also had red stripes applied to the lower body side.<ref name="Three Shades of Grey" />

====Two-tone grey====
Some of the monocoque locomotives briefly acquired a red stripe in 1987; however following the creation of ''Trainload Freight'' and ''Railfreight Distribution'' 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 ''Railfreight General'' 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.<ref name="Redefining">((cite web |last1=Wiggins |first1=James |title=Redefining a Modern Classic (Railfreight Distribution 1993 Visual Identity) |url=https://thebeautyoftransport.com/2018/12/12/redefining-a-modern-classic-railfreight-distribution-1993-visual-identity/ |website=The Beauty of Transport |accessdate=12 January 2019 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20190112034112/https://thebeautyoftransport.com/2018/12/12/redefining-a-modern-classic-railfreight-distribution-1993-visual-identity/ |archivedate=12 January 2019 |language=English |date=12 December 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all ))</ref>

<gallery mode=packed caption="Railfreight liveries">
File:Class37railfreightgrey.JPG|''Railfreight grey'' livery, shown on a [[British Rail Class 37|Class 37]] in September 1985.
File:19.08.84 Doncaster Works 58015 (6110207038).jpg|''Railfreight Red Stripe'' livery, shown on a new [[British Rail Class 58|Class 58]] in August 1984.
File:Class 60 60081 'Bleaklow Hill' in Railfreight Metals livery & 87019 beyond left, Carlisle 18.9.1993 Scans883 (10657007293).jpg|Railfreight ''Two-tone grey'' livery, on a [[British Rail Class 60|Class 60]] in September 1993.
File:90021 at York.JPG|The modified Railfreight ''Two-tone grey'' livery used by Railfreight Distribution that appeared in the 1993, on [[British Rail Class 90|90021]] at [[York railway station|York]] on 3 June 2004.
</gallery>

==Footnotes==
((notelist))

==References==
((reflist))

((British Rail))
((British freight operators))

[[Category:1982 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:British Rail freight services]]
[[Category:1987 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:British Rail subsidiaries and divisions]]


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