Editing Loadhaul (section)

==Operations and traffic==
[[File:Trainload of salt from Boulby arriving at Tees Yard - geograph.org.uk - 492255.jpg|thumb|Class 56 in Loadhaul livery with salt train at Tees Yard (July 1998)]]
In late 1995 the company employed 1,650, with a fleet of 194 locomotives and over 5000 wagons, carrying 38 million tons of freight with a revenue of $225 million (£144.9 million). The company's main locomotive depots were [[Immingham TMD]], Blyth, [[Healey Mills TMD|Healey Mills]], [[Thornaby TMD]], Knottingley and at [[Doncaster Carr rail depot]]. Headed by Ian Braybrook who was previously a director for Trainload Freight, the company was split into two operational areas, North East and Yorkshire/Humberside. Each area had its own manager and administrative staff.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}

Coal formed just over half of the company's income, with much of the traffic originating from the Yorkshire collieries and in particular the [[Selby Coalfield]]. The [[Aire valley power stations|Aire Valley power stations]] received much of the coal, with each power station taking up to 30 [[Merry-go-round train|MGR trainloads]] every 24 hours. Coal was also transported in huge volumes to [[Scunthorpe Steelworks]] along with imported [[iron ore]]. Semi-finished steel products were forwarded from Scunthorpe to British Steel plants at locations such as Lackenby and Wolverhampton. Loadhaul also carried large volumes of petroleum traffic from the [[Lindsey Oil Refinery|Lindsey]] and [[Humber Refinery|Humber]] oil refineries. Crude oil from the [[East Midlands Oil Province|Lincolnshire Oil Field]] was also delivered to refineries on the Humber. Smaller but regular volumes of other traffics were also carried including paper for news print to Barking, construction blocks from the Plasmor Block plant at Heck near Selby and Salt & Potash from Boulby.<ref>{{cite news| last=Walker|first=Mike|title = Wisconsin Central's British Empire|work = [[Railfan & Railroad]]|date=September 1996| volume=15| publisher = Carstens Publications| page=44}}</ref>