[9] Safety certificate for operations in Belgium was acquired (by the subsidiary Rail4chem Benelux BV) in January 2006,[10] and for operations in France in February 2006,[11] On 20 February 2008 it was announced that the business was to be sold to the French company Veolia Cargo for an undisclosed sum.

[15] The business underperformed during the difficult market conditions of the Great Recession and was absorbed into the Captrain deutschland division in 2010.

[17] In late 2004, RAIL4CHEM established a new subsidiary company: Rail4Chem Benelux NV, after the acquiring and taking over the activities of Dutch private rail carrier ShortLines BV [nl].

In 2005 the electric locomotive fleet of RAIL4CHEM consisted of 14 locomotives of TRAXX type, and predecessors; the Adtranz built DBAG Class 145 (for work in Germany), and the Bombardier Transportation built DBAG Class 185 (for work in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.).

The company leased Re 4/4I (Re 416 626), which had previously belonged to MThB and SBB to operate fuel trains on Swiss rails, as can be seen here: [1] For non-electrified lines in Germany, Netherlands and Belgium, locomotives of the diesel types EMD JT42CWR (Class 66),[22] as well as Vossloh locomotives, primarily Vossloh G 2000 BB and MaK G 1206 types were used.