Europhoenix

  • From Exporter to Operator: Glenn Edwards on Building Europhoenix into a Modern Rail Business

    From Exporter to Operator: Glenn Edwards on Building Europhoenix into a Modern Rail Business

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    What began as a specialist locomotive export operation has evolved into a fully licensed UK rail operator — a transformation that Europhoenix managing director Glenn Edwards describes as deliberate, pragmatic and shaped by hard-earned experience. Speaking to Railways Illustrated, Edwards outlines how Europhoenix’s early focus on exporting surplus European locomotives provided both capital and technical…

  • End of the line as another Class 314 heads for Newport

    End of the line as another Class 314 heads for Newport

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    Another ScotRail Class 314 was sent for scrap on March 14, when No. 314206 was dispatched overnight.

  • Mirrlees Class 37 almost ready for main line action

    Mirrlees Class 37 almost ready for main line action

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    EUROPHOENIX No. 37901 Mirrlees Pioneer basks in the winter sun at UK Rail Leasing’s Leicester depot on February 12.  The Mirrlees-engined prototype has been restored to working order and is now awaiting the completion of some internal work before returning to the main line.  UKRL plans to use it as an interim depot shunter at Leicester, but it…


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