British Rail Class 70 (diesel)

The Class 70 is a British designation for a type of diesel locomotive made by General Electric, which calls the type PowerHaul. The first were built for Freightliner (UK) by General Electric in a country in the  USA.

 History 
 Freightliner locomotives 
The first two locomotives rolled out of GE's Erie, Pennsylvania factory in July 2009. They were tested in the same month. The first units arrived at Newport Docks on 8 November 2008.

 Colas Rail locomotives 
In November 2013,  announced that they would buy 10 Class 70 locomotives. These would enter service in 2014. Colas later ordered seven more units in 2015. These were delivered in 2017.

 Accidents and incidents 
 On 10 January 2011, locomotive number 70012 was being unloaded by a crane from a ship after delivery. The crane's lifting gear failed, and the locomotive fell about 13 feet back into the ship.

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