Electric Traction Limited
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File:86702 Norwell Crossing.jpg on the East Coast Main Line in October 2009]]
File:87002Waverley.jpg in Caledonian Sleeper livery at Edinburgh Waverley in May 2015]]
Electric Traction Limited was a British electric locomotive hire company. It operated some former British Rail Class 86 and 87 electric locomotives hired from associated company Europhoenix and the AC Locomotive Group from 2010 until 2019.{{cite web|url=http://electric-traction.co.uk/ |title=Electric Traction Ltd: Suppliers of AC Traction Solutions |publisher=Electric-traction.co.uk |date= |access-date=24 November 2017}}
Previous operations
ETL's first major operation began in 2010 when newly refurbished Class 86/7s, 86701 and 86702, entered traffic on 15 October 2010. Two days later the pair hauled their first revenue-earning train, a private charter for First GBRf from Newcastle to London King's Cross on 17 October. They later went on to work in Winter 2009/2010 on Royal Mail standby services and had several operations as the Network Rail's standby icebreaker locomotives.
By January 2013 there were seven locomotives in the fleet.{{cite web|url=http://railwayherald.com/uknews/electric-traction-to-dispose-of-heritage-electric-locos|access-date=24 November 2017|date=26 January 2013|website=Railway Herald|title=ELECTRIC TRACTION TO DISPOSE OF HERITAGE ELECTRIC LOCOS|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310061842/http://railwayherald.com/uknews/electric-traction-to-dispose-of-heritage-electric-locos|archive-date=10 March 2015}} In 2016, 86213, 86701 and 86702 were sold for further service in Bulgaria.{{cite magazine |title=
Trio of 86s sold for export |magazine=Rail Magazine |issue=796|date=16 March 2016 |page=26}}{{cite magazine |title=
Europhoenix send more redundant 86s to Bulgaria |magazine=Rail Magazine |issue=798|date=13 April 2016 |page=31}}
Caledonian Sleeper
When Serco, with GB Railfreight contracted to provide traction, took over the Caledonian Sleeper in April 2015, issues arose with the Class 92 locomotives. Electric Traction Limited was contracted to supply 86101, 86401 and 87002, primarily to assist with stock and shunting moves but also to haul services from London Euston to Edinburgh and Glasgow on occasions.{{cite web|title=Serco confirms '90s' for Sleepers until '92s' prove their reliability|url=https://www.railmagazine.com/news/2015/09/08/serco-confirms-90s-for-sleepers-until-92s-prove-their-reliability|website=Rail Magazine|last=Clinnick|first=Richard|access-date=18 December 2017|date=8 September 2015}} These were hired from the AC Locomotive Group.{{cite magazine |title=
86/4 to receive Sleeper livery |magazine=Rail Magazine |issue=776|date=19 June 2015 |page=27}} This enabled these locomotives to remain mainline certified and available for occasional charters. With the end of this work in May 2019, the locomotives were returned to the AC Locomotive Group and subsequently sold.{{cite magazine |title=
Class 86s and 87 for sale as Caledonian Sleeper contract ends |magazine=Rail Magazine |issue=890|date=23 October 2019 |page=30}}{{cite magazine |title=
Locomotive Services buys Class 86 and 87 from ETL |magazine=The Railway Magazine |issue=1425|date=December 2019 |page=105}}{{cite magazine |title=
West Coast Railways secure 86401 |magazine=Railways Illustrated |issue=April 2020 |page=17}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category-inline|Electric Traction Limited}}
- [http://electric-traction.co.uk/ Electric Traction Limited website]
{{British Rail Spot Hire Companies|state=collapsed}}
Category:Post-privatisation British railway companies
Category:Railway companies established in 2010
Category:2010 establishments in England
Category:British companies established in 2010
Category:2019 disestablishments in England