EDF Energy has announced it will stop electricity generation at Cottam Power Station, in Nottinghamshire, on September 30, writes Chris Booth. The coal-fired 2,000MW facility
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Category: Freight
Extended Buxton sidings boost Peak stone traffic
Hogshaw Lane Sidings in Buxton have been transformed by a £14million project to accommodate longer limestone trains from local quarries. The two sidings, close to
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Made of Stone: Tunstead Quarry, Derbyshire
Ben Jones visits one of the country’s most important locations – Tarmac’s Tunstead Quarry in Derbyshire.
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£25million support for for Scottish rail freight industry
The Scottish Government has allocated £25million to support the country’s rail freight industry over the next five years.
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First Class 70 over Coalville branch
THE freight-only Coalville line in Leicestershire has seen the passage of its first Class 70. No. 70802 became the first of the class over the line
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First Maritime Class 66s unveiled by DB Cargo
DB CARGO has signed a long-term agreement with Maritime Transport Ltd to run Maritime Intermodal, a new rail freight operation.
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BLS charity tour to explore Yorkshire freight lines with Colas and WCRC ’37s’
No fewer than four rarely visited freight installations in Yorkshire will be explored by the Branch Line Society on July 20.
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American freight locos rebuilt in Estonia
AMERICAN manufactured diesel locos, once used in the USA, are being completely rebuilt in Estonia for use there and also in Ukraine. Estonian state-owned rail
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Scunthorpe steelworks rail tours remain popular
Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society runs rail tours around the busy rail-served complex of British Steel’s Scunthorpe steelworks on selected summer weekends.
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Freight Focus: Fragrant world of the ‘Binliner’
David Ratcliffe reviews the fragrant world of the ‘Binliner’ workings.
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