Topic: Scunthorpe

DB Cargo and British Steel to supply Belgium with brand new rail tracks

British Steel will supply Belgium with 100-metre-long rail tracks that Infrabel, the country’s infrastructure manager, will use to maintain and renew the rail network. The…
DB Cargo UK and NR put HVO ’66 to work

After extensive static testing of a class 67 at Nottingham, DB Cargo UK have been given clearance by Network Rail to test a class 66…
Landslide at UK’s Scunthorpe results in rail freight diversions

A weekend landslip has closed lines through the Lincolnshire town of Scunthorpe, in the north east of England. Freight rolls on, including steel from the…
New heavyweight ‘personal best’ for DB Cargo UK

DB Cargo UK hauled their heaviest load yet, with a very traditional cargo of over 4000 tonnes of high grade coal, destined to keep British…
UK’s rail-making plant British Steel sold to Chinese

The company responsible for the making of UK’s railway, British Steel, has been sold to the Chinese Jingye Group. The 3000-strong local workforce has met…
Re-railing Britain after the derailments

Two major freight derailments hit the UK network in January. Trains came off at Barking in London and Eastleigh on the south coast. You can…