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UK Sellafield nuclear site goes electric

Clayton Battery Electric locomotive at Sellafield. Image: © Sellafield.

The heart of the UK nuclear reneger generation industry has just gone electric. In reality, the railway network that serves the huge Sellafield site has just taken delivery of a new battery-electric locomotive. The shunter (switcher) was supplied by British manufacturer Clayton Equipment. It’s the first fully electric locomotive to be deployed at the site on the Cumbrian coast in the North West of England.

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UK Sellafield nuclear site goes electric

Clayton Battery Electric locomotive at Sellafield. Image: © Sellafield.

The heart of the UK nuclear reneger generation industry has just gone electric. In reality, the railway network that serves the huge Sellafield site has just taken delivery of a new battery-electric locomotive. The shunter (switcher) was supplied by British manufacturer Clayton Equipment. It’s the first fully electric locomotive to be deployed at the site on the Cumbrian coast in the North West of England.

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Author: Simon Walton

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