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UPDATED: Freightliner to withdraw entire electric fleet

Freightliner has confirmed that it will be withdrawing its entire fleet of electric locomotives in response to soaring electricity prices.

Freight 13 Oct

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Bi-mode future for freight as Simpson urges electrification

Rail freight can decarbonise now by running longer trains, but the future is bi-mode traction says RFG's Maggie Simpson

3 Mar

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End of an era as Class 90s leave Greater Anglia

No main line locomotives based at Norwich for first time since the 1840s as final Class 90s leave for Freightliner

20 May

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Freight companies urge PM to ‘green light’ HS2

"A failure to build the new line will lead to hundreds more heavy goods vehicles on to the M6 every day," - rail freight's plea to Boris Johnson

10 Feb

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Freightliner trials Class 70 on Mendips train

Freightliner tests locomotives on Mendips train ahead of taking over contract

7 Aug

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Freightliner to take over Mendip Rail operations

Mendip Rail stone trains to be operated by Freightliner

23 Dec

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WW1 railway workers remembered by Freightliner

On 11 November, Armistice Day, Freightliner 66418 named Patriot in honour of railway workers who lost their lives in World War 1.

15 Nov

Freightliner 66558 at Eastleigh on October 16 2014. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Freightliner and Dapol commemorate armistice

Freightliner and Dapol honour Britain’s war dead for 100th anniversary of the Armistice on November 11 2018, to raise money for former servicemen and women.

19 Sept

A Freightliner Heavy Haul MWA. FREIGHTLINER.

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Freightliner reuses redundant coal hopper parts in new box wagons

Bogies and brake equipment used in new vehicles

6 Jun

Freightliner 70006 stands at Ely with an intermodal train from Felixstowe. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Freightliner launches 23rd Felixstowe train

Freightliner launched its 23rd daily train from Felixstowe on May 31, running to South Yorkshire.

1 Jun

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FLHH axes 145 jobs as coal cuts bite

Freightliner Heavy Haul (FLHH) is to cut 145 ground staff, shunting and driving jobs as the closure of coal-fired power stations accelerates

29 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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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

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Serco confirms '90s’ for Sleepers until ‘92s’ prove their reliability

Serco has said that its Caledonian Sleeper operations will continue to use Class 90s hired from Freightliner

8 Sept

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Port of Felixstowe expands rail facilities

The Port of Felixstowe has commissioned two new rail-mounted gantry cranes at its North Rail Terminal

11 May

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Rail freight contributes £1.6 billion to economy says report

Benefits of rail freight to Britain are growing, says RDG.

16 Mar

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Harbury reopens three weeks early

Railway between Leamington Spa and Banbury reopened this morning three weeks earlier than planned

13 Mar

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Heavy duty…

Freightliner Heavy Haul Commercial Director DAVID ISRAEL tells RICHARD CLINNICK how FLHH has emerged from the recession and is building for the future

Freight 4 Mar

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