Fleet
The Class 08 shunters are used for shunting work in the GB Railfreight depots.
The Class 66 fleet is used on the main freight flows and the five Metronet liveried Class 66s are also employed on London Underground maintenance. GB Railfreight Class 66s were also hired to Fastline Freight to operate their coal flows until their own Class 66s had been delivered. In October 2012 three unused Class 66s stabled in Holland were purchased.
GB Railfreight use their Class 73 fleet in the south on engineering trains and other work such as empty coaching stock moves for passenger operators.
GB Railfreight has a number of Class 92 locomotives acquired by Europorte before the purchase of GB Railfreight.
GB Railfreight has several Class 20s for use on London Underground S Stock deliveries and Rail Head Treatment Trains. It currently hires nine from various owners including Harry Needle Railroad Company with possibly a further three joining the fleet. Two have been repainted in GBRf livery.
GB Railfreight also has a pair of refurbished Vanguard 0-6-0DH locos (re-numbered DH50-1 and DH50-2) for use at Tremorfa/Cardiff Tidal works
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