British Rail Class 70 (diesel)
The British Rail Class 70 is a Co-Co mainline freight GE PowerHaul locomotive series manufactured by General Electric in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. They are operated in the United Kingdom by Freightliner and Colas Rail. These locomotives replaced the Class 59 as having the highest tractive effort of any Co-Co Diesel locomotive in use in the United Kingdom when they were introduced.
A Freightliner Class 70 at the Port of Felixstowe in June 2012
Freightliner 70001 Powerhaul
Colas Rail 70803
The GE PowerHaul is a class of mainline diesel-electric locomotives designed by General Electric. Thirty locomotives were ordered by Freightliner in 2007; the first locomotive was completed in July 2009 at GE's Erie, Pennsylvania, plant.
Freightliner 70017 & 70007 at Ipswich in January 2012
Freightliner 70014 at North Wingfield in September 2012
Colas Rail 70805 at Westbury in April 2014
Operail Dr20 29010 (PH37ACai) at Pori in November 2020