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    UK's Heaviest Freight Train
    rodneypitt9
    • Mar 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    UK's Heaviest Freight Train

    The heaviest freight train ever to run on the West Coast main line has made its debut journey from the Peak District to London with...
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    Bridge Over Troubled Waters To Be Raised
    rodneypitt9
    • Mar 19, 2021
    • 2 min

    Bridge Over Troubled Waters To Be Raised

    Network Rail engineers will be raising Black Bridge, near Machynlleth, by one metre to lift it out of the flood zone. This will protect...
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    GWR Partners with Olio to Help Combat Food Waste
    rodneypitt9
    • Mar 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    GWR Partners with Olio to Help Combat Food Waste

    Great Western Railway (GWR) has launched an exciting new scheme to help tackle food waste in the rail industry, while supporting families...
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    Rail Track Reopens More Than Six Months After 'Armageddon Like' Scenes
    rodneypitt9
    • Mar 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    Rail Track Reopens More Than Six Months After 'Armageddon Like' Scenes

    Back in action - the railway line at Llangennech has been reopened after a freight train derailment damaged the track last August (Image:...
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    HS2 Creates a huge Wildlife Area
    rodneypitt9
    • Mar 5, 2021
    • 2 min

    HS2 Creates a huge Wildlife Area

    The HS2 project team has announced plans to create new carbon-sequestering grassland, woodland and wetland habitats that will reuse soil...
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    GBRf unveil Partnership to Transform Railway Weed Control Maintenance
    rodneypitt9
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 2 min

    GBRf unveil Partnership to Transform Railway Weed Control Maintenance

    GB Railfreight (GBRf) has announced a landmark cooperation with Bayer Environmental Science, Network Rail, and a number of start-up...
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    GBRf Kick Off New Service from Portbury
    rodneypitt9
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 2 min

    GBRf Kick Off New Service from Portbury

    GB Railfreight (GBRf), one of the largest rail freight operators in the UK, has officially begun a new service from Portbury to Acton, in...
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    Network Rail gives ‘Heart of Wessex’ line some TLC
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    Network Rail gives ‘Heart of Wessex’ line some TLC

    Vital maintenance between Dorchester West and Castle Cary Passengers travelling on the line between Bristol and Weymouth can look forward...
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    Plans Submitted for Rockfall Shelter Extension in Devon
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 25, 2021
    • 3 min

    Plans Submitted for Rockfall Shelter Extension in Devon

    An artist's impression of the proposed shelter Network Rail has submitted plans to Teignbridge District Council to extend an existing...
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    West Midlands Railway Makeover for Popular Branch Line
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 24, 2021
    • 2 min

    West Midlands Railway Makeover for Popular Branch Line

    (West Midlands Railway) One of the best-loved train services in the West Midlands – the Stourbridge Town branch line – is getting a...
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    Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) Performs Well in DB Cargo UK Tests
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 18, 2021
    • 1 min

    Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) Performs Well in DB Cargo UK Tests

    A trial using a Class 66 diesel locomotive powered by Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) and hauling a long-welded steel track train from...
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    Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) performs well in DB Cargo UK tests
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 27, 2021
    • 1 min

    Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) performs well in DB Cargo UK tests

    A trial using a Class 66 powered by Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) and hauling a long-welded steel track train from Scunthorpe to...
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    Work to Remove Diesel Affected Soils from the Llangennech Fuel Spill Site has begun
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 20, 2021
    • 3 min

    Work to Remove Diesel Affected Soils from the Llangennech Fuel Spill Site has begun

    Diggers "Mussel" in to save the Cockles! Three months on from the Llangennech freight train fire, remediation work to remove and replace...
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    How Green is My Railway?
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 20, 2021
    • 2 min

    How Green is My Railway?

    Industry bosses called for battery, hydrogen and electric-powered trains to help meet environmental targets The industry wants to make...
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