Hector Rail

Hector Rail is a Swedish-based independent train haulage provider operating in the European rail transport market, operating 29 locomotives. The company provides locomotives and drivers to freight customers who need to have whole unit trains hauled between two places with a regular time table.

The majority shareholders are the Høegh family from Norway, through Höegh Capital Partners.^[1]

History

Hector Rail ran its first train on 12 December 2004, and now operates around 2·4 million train-km a year in Sweden and Norway. It began operating in Denmark and running trains from Sweden to Germany during January 2008.^[1] In 2009 Hector rail started to haul a passenger train, for Veolia.

Locomotives

The company operates diesel and electrically powered locomotives:^[2]

• 3 Class 141, ex ÖBB Class 1012 protype locomotives
• 9 Class 142, ex ÖBB Class 1142 locomotives
• 6 Class 161, ex NSB El 15
• 10 Class 241, Bombardier TRAXX locomotives
• 3 Class 242, Siemens' Eurosprinter locomotives
• 2 Class 441, Siemens' Eurosprinter locomotives
• 2 Class 921, shunting locomotives
• 2 Class 941, Vossloh G 2000 BB diesel locomotives
• 3 Class 841, Nohab diesel locomotives ex SJ T43

References

External links

• Hector Rail
• Hoegh