The DB Schenker Company Train (formerly the EWS Executive Train) is a special train operated in the United Kingdom by freight operator DB Schenker

DB Schenker Rail (UK)

DB Schenker Rail , before 2009 known as English, Welsh and Scottish Railway is a British rail freight company. EWS was established by a consortium led by Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation in 1996 by acquisition of five of the six freight companies created by the privatisation of British...

 (formerly English Welsh and Scottish Railway), a division of Deutsche Bahn

Deutsche Bahn

Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...

. It was assembled as the replacement for the company's aging inspection saloon, and is used for entertaining corporate clients. It is notable for solving problems of electrical compatibility and indirectly leading to the reintroduction of regular daytime locomotive-hauled trains onto the National Rail network.

The fixed configuration set consists of three British Rail Mark 3

British Rail Mark 3

British Rail's third design of standard carriage was designated 'Mark 3' , and was developed primarily for the InterCity 125 High Speed Train...

 coaches sandwiched between a driving trailer and locomotive. The concept of rewiring older passenger rolling stock for compatibility with different electric systems lead to the reintroduction of locomotive-hauled services by train operating companies within the United Kingdom. The design of a British Rail Class 67

British Rail Class 67

The Class 67 locomotives are a class of Bo'Bo' diesel electric mainline locomotives which were built for the English, Welsh and Scottish Railway between 1999 to 2000 by Alstom at Meinfesa in Valencia, Spain with drive components from General Motors Diesel.Rail enthusiasts have nicknamed the class...

, rewired British Rail Mark 3 passengers coaches and a Driving Van Trailer

Driving Van Trailer

A Driving Van Trailer is a purpose-built railway vehicle that allows the driver to operate a locomotive at the opposite end of a train. Trains operating with a DVT therefore do not require the locomotive to be moved around to the other end of the train at terminal stations...

 (DVT) was followed, starting with the introduction of services by open access

Open Access (Infrastructure)

In the context of infrastructure, open access involves physical infrastructure such as railways and physical telecommunications network plant being made available to clients other than the owners, for a fee....

 operator Wrexham & Shropshire in 2008.

The train is explicitly exempted from regulations covering "Working of Passenger
Trains Over Non-Passenger Lines", allowing the train to operate between EWS freight depots without additional documentation requirements.

Background

The coaches use a maroon-coloured paint scheme and are used for hospitality. The conference coach provides a cinema

Movie theater

A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....

 and boardroom suite, with seating for 14 people in each area. In the centre, there is a dining coach with reception and bar areas. The third coach is a renovated sleeping car; with half the usual number of bedrooms and addition of en-suite facilities.

The end units, a dedicated Class 67

British Rail Class 67

The Class 67 locomotives are a class of Bo'Bo' diesel electric mainline locomotives which were built for the English, Welsh and Scottish Railway between 1999 to 2000 by Alstom at Meinfesa in Valencia, Spain with drive components from General Motors Diesel.Rail enthusiasts have nicknamed the class...

 No. 67029 diesel locomotive

Diesel locomotive

A diesel locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine, a reciprocating engine operating on the Diesel cycle as invented by Dr. Rudolf Diesel...

 and Driving Van Trailer also sport a special livery differing from the main coaches—striking silver with black lettering.
DVT No. 82146 has been modified with controls for Electro-Motive Diesel's AAR system used on British Rail Class 59

British Rail Class 59

The Class 59 Co-Co diesel locomotives were built and introduced between 1985 and 1995 by Electro-Motive Division of General Motors for private British companies, initially Foster Yeoman...

/66

British Rail Class 66

The Class 66 is a six axle diesel electric freight locomotive developed in part from the British Rail Class 59, for use on the railways of the UK. Since its introduction the class has been successful and has been sold to British and other European railway companies...

/67

British Rail Class 67

The Class 67 locomotives are a class of Bo'Bo' diesel electric mainline locomotives which were built for the English, Welsh and Scottish Railway between 1999 to 2000 by Alstom at Meinfesa in Valencia, Spain with drive components from General Motors Diesel.Rail enthusiasts have nicknamed the class...

 engines, the signals are conveyed over additional cabling installed in the intervening coaches.

Both the DVT and locomotive contain cab-mounted video cameras to provide patrons with a "driver's eye view" from the conference coach.

Rolling stock

The train is a fixed formation of five vehicles. The matched Class 67 locomotive undertaking other freight activities between hauling the company train.

Vehicle	Number	Livery	Notes
Class 67 British Rail Class 67 The Class 67 locomotives are a class of Bo'Bo' diesel electric mainline locomotives which were built for the English, Welsh and Scottish Railway between 1999 to 2000 by Alstom at Meinfesa in Valencia, Spain with drive components from General Motors Diesel.Rail enthusiasts have nicknamed the class...	67029	Silver	Locomotive (cab-mounted cameras)
Mk3a FO	11039	Maroon	First Open (reception and dining)
Mk3 RFM	10211No. 10211, formerly No. 40510 ex-HST InterCity 125 The InterCity 125 was the brand name of British Rail's High Speed Train fleet. The InterCity 125 train is made up of two power cars, one at each end of a fixed formation of Mark 3 carriages, and is capable of , making the train the fastest diesel-powered locomotive in regular service in the...  TRUK (Trailer Restaurant Unclassified Kitchen)	Maroon	Restaurant First Modular (conference and cinema)
Mk3a SLEP	10546	Maroon	Sleeper Either Pantry (5 bedrooms, 2 ensuite)
Mk3 DVT	82146	Silver	Driving Van Trailer (AAR multiple working Multiple working Multiple working is a term used on the UK rail network to describe the practice of having more than one diesel or electric locomotive hauling a train under the control of one driver.-Terminology:... controls)

External links

• OO gauge model, Doncaster OO Gauge layout