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GB Railfreight unveils new Class 99 locomotive

GB Railfreight has introduced its new Stadler Class 99 locomotive at its Peterborough headquarters. The new locomotives were first publicised at InnoTrans 2024 in Berlin. £150m ($201m) investment was ...
Hackaday

British Trains To (Maybe) Make Way For Steam Once More

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...
Railway Age

PTUS UK Affiliate Converts Class 08 to BE

Positive Traction US (PTUS) LLC’s British affiliate, Positive Traction Ltd., has converted a former British Rail Class 08 switcher from diesel-electric to 100% battery-electric propulsion, with ...

Doncaster Railway Works: The locomotive superintendent who played a Stirling role in Yorkshire's railway history

Although Doncaster ‘Plant’ Railway Works is noted for building Flying Scotsman and Mallard engines in the 1920s, and 1930s, ...
Railway Technology

Stadler secures contract for 30 bi-mode locomotives in UK

GB Railfreight will operate the six-axle Class 99 bi-mode locomotives. Credit: Beacon Rail Lux Holdings S.á.r.l. Switzerland-based Stadler has secured a contract from Becon Rail to deliver 30 Class 99 ...
Railway Technology

DB Cargo UK contracts Siemens to equip Class 66 locomotives with ETCS

The ETCS installation is a component of the East Coast Digital Programme, which seeks to upgrade traditional lineside signals with advanced digital in-cab technology. Credit: Network Rail. DB Cargo UK ...
Railway Age

U.K.: Hydrogen-Fueled Steam Freight Locomotive Conversion Planned

British startup Steamology has secured a contract to test its hydrogen-fueled steam traction system in a converted Freightliner Group (a Genesee & Wyoming subsidiary) freight locomotive. Funded ...