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  • Rebuilt Simplex locos still at work in Malaysian palm oil industry

    Rebuilt Simplex locos still at work in Malaysian palm oil industry

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    MALAYSIAN United Plantations Berhad’s (UP) use of rail transport meant it became the first palm oil producer to gain a sustainable palm oil producer certificate.  UP uses a fleet of 700mm-gauge modified Motor Rail Simplex locomotives, originally built in Bedford, which have had their original Dorman engines replaced by more powerful ones made by Deutz,…

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