Souped up ’66 DB Cargo’s tasty treat
Heavier loads, greater pulling power. Weight for weight, the workhorse Class 66 diesel is already one fo the most powerful locomotives to have turned out…
Rail Freight Group opens mentoring scheme
The Rail Freight Group (RFG), the UK rail freight trade association, has announced the launch of its 2024 cross-member mentoring programme. The initiative aims to…
Digital freight wagon sets out on UK trial
Leasing company VTG Rail UK and Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems have introduced Britain to what they call a digital freight wagon. The partners have unveiled an…
UK quarry reconnects to rail to serve insatiable aggregates demand
In a move aimed at enhancing the supply of aggregates to its customers and contributing to sustainable transportation, rail freight customer and ardent advocate company…
UK Freightliner and Tarmac revive freight connection in West Midlands
There’s a new flow reported between Tarmac’s Tunstead Quarry and a former oil terminal site just north of Coventry in the West Midlands. Rail freight…
INTERVIEW
‘Unlocking the potential for rail freight within the construction sector is up to the industry’
As the Head of Rail for Tarmac, Chris Swan is committed to strengthening further the relationship between industry and the railways. His company may have…
In England a car factory is gone but the railway remains
After two and a half decades of almost compete abandonment, the sidings of the former Leyland Motor Works have found new life, in the burgeoning…
Tarmac head of rail completes fifty days as chair of Rail Freight Group
One of rail freight’s most active supporters, representing one of the sector’s biggest customers, has completed his first seven weeks in post as the chair…
Tarmac UK says it’s the end of the line for a familiar wagon design
Seen almost everywhere on the British network, the ‘vee’ shape of the universal cement hopper wagon may soon be consigned to history, heritage railways demonstrations…
Freightliner jumbo trains anniversary
Freightliner’s ‘two for one’ deal has passed the milestone of its first year of operations. The carrier has been running their ‘jumbo’ trains for over…
Further evidence of aggregates growth in UK rail freight
It is not the most glamorous of cargo operations, but it is a continuing success story for rail freight operators in the UK. Replacing to…
UK first rail freight electrification trial boosts industry net zero ambitions
The UK’s first retractable electrification system for rail freight has taken the wires to the loading bay. The industry has led the way in meeting…