Freight - Page 8

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RAIL 802: Freight’s moment of truth

RAIL 802: Freight’s moment of truth - A sector in crisis as it strives to cope with coal’s decline

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RAIL ARCHIVE: Class 73 rebuilds

As the final Class 73/9 undergoes testing at Wabtec Rail's Brush Traction, Loughborough, RAIL looks back at the start of the project

6 Jun

Feature

Diversity holds the key to freight’s future

Rail Freight Group Executive Director MAGGIE SIMPSON talks to PAUL STEPHEN about the future of UK rail freight, and how it will be affected by the Shaw Report

Freight 27 Apr

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In search of new freight markets

RICHARD CLINNICK examines how stock moves and charters are offering development potential for GB Railfreight

Freight 27 Apr

Feature

A positive attitude drives GBRf forward

DUNCAN CLARK, head of strategic development at GB Railfreight, tells RICHARD CLINNICK of the potential growth areas for the company

Freight 13 Apr

Feature

‘Premium’ traffic could help freight prosper

High-speed rail offers plenty of potential for the premium freight market, with the loss of coal traffic offset by smaller volumes of higher-yielding deliveries

Freight 12 Apr

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Freight’s pincer movement is just for starters

NATALIE HORTON reports on how the transportation of fresh produce by high-speed train from Cornwall to London presents a growth area for rail freight

Freight 17 Feb

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RAIL ARCHIVE: Features from RAIL 790

A selection of features from RAIL issue 790 (December 23 2015 - January 5 2016)

6 Feb

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UKRL offers re-engineered ‘56s’ as a heavy haul solution

Class 56s could be re-engineered with new power units as a cost-effective solution to the freight industry’s need for heavy haul locomotives.

1 Feb

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Plans submitted to modify Mk 3s as freight vehicles

Redundant Mk 3 and Mk 4 carriages could potentially be converted into freight vehicles coupled to high-speed passenger services.

1 Feb

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RAIL ARCHIVE: Features from RAIL 788

A selection of features from RAIL issue 788 (November 25 2015)

30 Jan

Feature

Golden oldies continue to play their tune

RICHARD CLINNICK reveals how veterans from the 1960s and earlier are being resurrected for niche duties across the country

Maintenance and refurb 6 Jan

Feature

UK’s rail freight sector needs new foundations

GB Railfreight Managing Director JOHN SMITH delivers a personal assessment of what is required from government to maintain and generate rail freight growth

Freight 1 Jan

Feature

Scotland’s freight fears

RICHARD CLINNICK analyses a Transport Scotland consultation on the prospects for the country’s rail freight industry

Freight 23 Dec

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Freightliner’s 50 years

Undoubtedly one of rail freight’s greatest successes the Freightliner name has stood the test of time. RAIL marks 50 years of Freightliner intermodal operations

Freight 23 Dec