GB Railfreight - Page 7

The first trains have entered Crossrail’s tunnel at Plumstead in southeast London. A 465 metre-long concrete train was hauled into the tunnel by GBRf '66s'.

13 Nov

Feature

GB Railfreight’s charity champions

Four GBRf staff have worked together to operate charity railtours, so far raising more than £50,000

Staff and employment 11 Nov

Caledonian Sleeper 92018 at Glasgow Central on June 24. RICHARD CLINNICK.

News

Caledonian is a ‘Super Sleeper’

The Caledonian Sleeper has been hailed as one of Lonely Planet’s ‘Super Sleeper Trains’.

4 Nov

GBRf 59003 Yeoman Highlander at Port of Tyne on October 26. GBRF.

News

GBRf reveals Class 59 usage plan

The only Class 59/0 in GB Railfreight’s fleet (59003 Yeoman Highlander) will haul biomass trains in the North West as the freight company grows its business

29 Oct

News

GB Railfreight runs first Drax train from Port of Liverpool

GBRf moves 1,600 tonnes of biomass pellets to Drax Power Station, achieving first phase of Liverpool project

27 Oct

News

New freight for GB Railfreight

GB Railfreight has started transporting waste from its new North London Railfreight Terminal in Cricklewood

16 Sept

News

GBRf’s Felixstowe operations get a boost

GBRF boosts capacity at the port using extra train slots

13 Sept

Gallery

North Norfolk celebrates diesel excellence

RAIL presents a selection of images from the North Norfolk Railway's successful gala on June 12-14 2015 (Photographs taken from RAIL issue 778)

27 Aug

News

Final batch of UK ‘66/7s’ due in 2016

Final seven Class 66s will be delivered next year

25 Aug

News

Class 90s brought in for Sleepers

GBRf hires ‘90s’ to cover for unreliable ‘92s’

19 Aug

News

GB Railfreight doubles gypsum contract

First train runs as part of a five-year contract for Siniat

3 Aug

Feature

Freight fights capacity constraints

GB Railfreight has signed a multi million-pound deal with Aggregates Industries, but capacity constraints remain a key concern, as RICHARD CLINNICK discovers.

Freight 9 Jun

Feature

Freight fights capacity constraints

GBRf has signed a multimillion pound deal with Aggregates Industries. RICHARD CLINNICK discovers that capacity constraints remain a key concern

Freight 27 May

News

GB Railfreight extends Drax deal

Freight operator to move coal to Drax Power Station until 2017

14 May

Feature

A flagship locomotive for a flagship train

DUNCAN LANGTREE reports on GBRf’s innovative way of operating the Royal Scotsman

Freight 13 May

News

Final GBRf rebuilt Class 92 delivered for Sleeper service

Final GB Railfreight Class 92 to be overhauled for the Caledonian Sleeper franchise (92014), released from Wabtec Rail’s Brush Traction Loughborough facility

11 May

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GBRf runs first Birch Coppice to Port of Liverpool intermodal

Biomass…from port to power station

Capacity usage is key as Smith states case for freight

Coal power station closures place rail freight at “important crossroads”

Crossrail concrete train starts work at Plumstead

GB Railfreight’s charity champions

Caledonian is a ‘Super Sleeper’

GBRf reveals Class 59 usage plan

GB Railfreight runs first Drax train from Port of Liverpool

New freight for GB Railfreight

GBRf’s Felixstowe operations get a boost

North Norfolk celebrates diesel excellence

Final batch of UK ‘66/7s’ due in 2016

Class 90s brought in for Sleepers

GB Railfreight doubles gypsum contract

Freight fights capacity constraints

Freight fights capacity constraints

GB Railfreight extends Drax deal

A flagship locomotive for a flagship train

Final GBRf rebuilt Class 92 delivered for Sleeper service

Most read

No takers so first DB Cargo UK Class 67 goes for scrap

HS2 faces £100bn cost and delay until late-2030s, government told

FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

GB Railfreight - Page 7

GBRf runs first Birch Coppice to Port of Liverpool intermodal

Biomass…from port to power station

Capacity usage is key as Smith states case for freight

Coal power station closures place rail freight at “important crossroads”

Crossrail concrete train starts work at Plumstead

GB Railfreight’s charity champions

Caledonian is a ‘Super Sleeper’

GBRf reveals Class 59 usage plan

GB Railfreight runs first Drax train from Port of Liverpool

New freight for GB Railfreight

GBRf’s Felixstowe operations get a boost

North Norfolk celebrates diesel excellence

Final batch of UK ‘66/7s’ due in 2016

Class 90s brought in for Sleepers

GB Railfreight doubles gypsum contract

Freight fights capacity constraints

Freight fights capacity constraints

GB Railfreight extends Drax deal

A flagship locomotive for a flagship train

Final GBRf rebuilt Class 92 delivered for Sleeper service

Most read

No takers so first DB Cargo UK Class 67 goes for scrap

HS2 faces £100bn cost and delay until late-2030s, government told

FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

GB Railfreight planning to repurpose at least 12 more Class 66s for heavy trainloads

DB Cargo UK discussing transferring drivers to rival as it deals with Network Rail contract loss

FirstGroup confirms Class 222s for Euston-Stirling Lumo route

Chiltern Railways on verge of agreeing deal to take ex-TransPennine Express Mk 5s

Why the Class 67s have been running on borrowed time for nearly the whole of their lives

Network Rail begins process to replace rail infrastructure monitoring trains