Editing Loadhaul (section)

==History==
Loadhaul was created in 1994, along with [[Transrail Freight|Transrail]] and [[Mainline Freight|Mainline]] as part of the broadly regional split of British Rail's [[Trainload Freight]] operations – Loadhaul's centre of operations were North East England, and South and East Yorkshire. The three companies were created with the aim of promoting competition between the businesses with the eventual aim of being [[privatised]]. It was initially and briefly named "Trainload Freight North East Limited" before being renamed Loadhaul Limited.<ref name="re1">{{citation| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=q4i0QrixNI0C| title  =Report of the Hundred and Twenty Fifth Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 28th-29th November 2002 on the Following Topic: European Integration of Rail Freight Transport | author=C. Nash| author2= T. Fowkes| editor = European Conference of Ministers of Transport. Economic Research Centre| publisher = OECD Publishing| year =2004 | chapter = Rail Privatisation in Britain – Lessons for the rail freight industry : 2. The privatisation process| isbn =9789282113196 |at = ''sections'': C. Trainload, p. 70; C1 EWS, pp. 70–1 |chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=q4i0QrixNI0C&pg=PA63}}</ref><ref name="re2">{{citation| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=hFDrKNKmJ8UC| title= The dynamics of freight transport development: a UK and Swiss comparison| author = Philippe Thalmann| publisher = Ashgate Publishing| year = 2004| isbn= 9780754637561|at = The Privatisation of the Freight Business, pp. 34–35}}</ref>

All three former [[Trainload Freight]] companies including Loadhaul were acquired in February 1996 by 'North-South Railways': a company formed by a consortium led by US railroad company [[Wisconsin Central Ltd.|Wisconsin Central]], for a combined total of £225.15million (approximately $349 million). The USA based [[Omnitrax]] in association with Loadhaul management submitted an unsuccessful bid under the name "FirstFreight". The three companies together with [[Rail Express Systems]] were formed into a new company, [[DB Cargo UK|English Welsh & Scottish]] (EWS).<ref name = "re1"/><ref name="re2"/><ref name="rp275">{{cite web|url = https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1996/nov/27/rail-privatisation| work = [[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]|title = Rail Privatisation| date = 27 December 1996| publisher = Hansard, House of Commons, UK| at = volume 296, 275W}}</ref><ref>{{citation| url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1215/is_n3_v197/ai_18135844/| journal = Railway Age| date = March 1996| title = WC group buys British freight services – Wisconsin Central buys Loadhaul, Transrail and Mainline Freight| publisher = Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation}}</ref>