GB Railfreight Class 66 No. 66788 was named Locomotion on September 21 as part of the celebrations to mark a decade and a half since
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GB Railfreight’s pride as it unveils Class 66
GB RAILFREIGHT marked Brighton Pride when Class 66 No. 66773 was named Pride of GB Railfreight by The Times columnist Matthew Parris at the South Coast resort
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Peak Rail Type 3 refreshed
CLASS 37 No. 37152 British Steel Ravenscraig has received extensive bodywork attention followed by a repaint in BR large logo livery from Railfreight red-stripe colours. It
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GBRf names loco Made in Sheffield
GB Railfreight has reliveried Class 66 No. 66747 in branding to mark its growing relationship with Yorkshire-based haulier and logistics company Newell & Wright. The
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GBRf has 91 Class 66s after Swedish purchase
Former Cargonet Class 66 No. T66.403 – already with its GBRf number of 66790 – is hauled from Immingham to Longport EMD past North Stafford Junction
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Blue Class 20s bring back ‘Skeggy’ holiday memories
Happy memories of Class 20s on summer-dated holiday trains to Skegness were rekindled on May 27 when Pathfinder Tours took a pair of blue EE
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UK Railtours ventures through Butterley
GB RAILFREIGHT No. 66753 EMD Roberts Road edges into Butterley loop with UK Railtours’ ‘Amber Valley Venturer’ tour from Euston on May 4, making for an
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Prototype HST power car withdrawn by NRM
RESTORED prototype HST power car No. 41001 has been withdrawn from all forthcoming engagements. This follows detection of possible engine problems during operation at the Keighley
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Power station decline continues as Cottam faces closure
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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Autumn blockade for West Coastway route
SOUTHERN services on the West Coastway route will be disrupted between Havant and Chichester from October 26 to November 3. The nine-day closure will be
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