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Electric Traction Limited

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Electric Traction Limited is ... (ETL) is a British electric locomotive hire company. ETL is a supplier of AC locomotive solutions in the UK, in association with the AC Locomotive Society.[1]

Operations

ETL's first major operation began in 2010 when, ETL's newly refurbished Class 86/7s, 86701 and 86702, entered traffic on the 15th October 2010. Two days later the pair hauled their first revenue-earning train, a private charter for First GBRf from Newcastle to London on 17th October. They later went on to work in Winter 2009/2010 as the Royal Mail standby services and had several operations as the Network Rail's standby icebreaker locomotives.[1]

ETL's 86702 passes Norwell Crossing working 1Z30 Newcastle-London 'GBRf Staff Charter', 86701 was on the rear of the train.

Fleet

References

  1. ^ a b "Electric Traction Ltd: Suppliers of AC Traction Solutions". Electric-traction.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-15.

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