Freightliner

  • Locomotive named after music producer and rail enthusiast Pete Waterman

    Locomotive named after music producer and rail enthusiast Pete Waterman

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    A locomotive has been named after veteran music producer and rail enthusiast Pete Waterman.

  • A Day in the Life of Southampton Maritime Freightliner Terminal

    A Day in the Life of Southampton Maritime Freightliner Terminal

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    To get an inside view of how a modern intermodal freight terminal operates, Rail Express was given exclusive all areas access at Freightliner’s Southampton Maritime Terminal for a full 12-hour day shift.

  • Inside Leeds Midland Road

    Inside Leeds Midland Road

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    After No. 66503’s rededication ceremony (see previous page), Freightliner offered The RM team a tour of its Leeds servicing and repair facility, which features a maintenance shed, bogie shop, wheel lathe, fuelling shed, and sidings.

  • Locomotive’s rededication marks magazine milestone

    Locomotive’s rededication marks magazine milestone

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    A locomotive which for 18 years has proudly carried ‘our’ name – The Railway Magazine – has been rededicated with additional nameplates to mark the magazine’s 125th anniversary thanks to operator Freightliner.

  • ‘Jumbo Train’ success for Freightliner Class 70

    ‘Jumbo Train’ success for Freightliner Class 70

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    FREIGHTLINER’S trial run of a Mendip Rail ‘jumbo train’ using a Class 70 diesel has been hailed as an outstanding success by the operators.  No. 70003 hauled a train weighing 4,624 tonnes between Merehead Quarry in Somerset and Acton Yard in West London on July 17. These trains are currently the heaviest in the UK and…

  • Freightliner owner Genesee & Wyoming sold for $8.4billion

    Freightliner owner Genesee & Wyoming sold for $8.4billion

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    By Keith Fender CANADIAN investors Brookfield Infrastructure and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have bought Genesee & Wyoming (G&W), which owns Freightliner, for US $8.4billion.  The deal is subject to shareholder and government approvals, and should be completed in 2020. G&W has grown from one short freight line in the USA in the late-1970s to…

  • Freightliner ‘66’ in the pink

    Freightliner ‘66’ in the pink

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    FREIGHTLINER’S No. 66587 became one of the most instantly recognisable locomotives on the network in June after it gained a striking new magenta and white livery.  The ‘66’ has been re-liveried and was named AS ONE, WE CAN at Southampton Maritime Terminal on June 11 to mark the freight operator’s new contract with Japanese shipping company…

  • Hope Works celebrates 90 years

    Hope Works celebrates 90 years

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    MORE than 2,000 people visited Breedon Group’s cement works at Hope, in Derbyshire, as the UK’s largest cement plant celebrated 90 years of operation.  June 1 open day attractions at the Peak District plant included 0-6-0T industrial Nunlow, returning to its former home, and LNWR ‘Coal Tank’ No. 1054, as well as the resident ex-BR…

  • Extended Buxton sidings boost Peak stone traffic

    Extended Buxton sidings boost Peak stone traffic

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    Hogshaw Lane Sidings in Buxton have been transformed by a £14million project to accommodate longer limestone trains from local quarries.  The two sidings, close to Buxton station, are on the site of the former London & North Western Railway (LNWR) engine shed, and are used by Freightliner and DB Cargo trains to and from the…

  • Freightliner plans new Ipswich depot – and more Class 90s?

    Freightliner plans new Ipswich depot – and more Class 90s?

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    Freightliner has submitted a planning application to build a new locomotive and wagon maintenance facility at its Ipswich Yard site. The depot will feature a fuelling point, a 54-metre long maintenance shed with overhead cranes, and an inspection pit and a wheel lathe for locomotives and wagons. The new facility is expected to create 20…

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