Category: Locomotives and rolling stock

Goodbye Yellow Train Ends

The opening of the middle section of the Elizabeth Line (formerly known as Crossail) was rightly greeted with much fanfare despite the delays and cost overruns. There was a large amount of mostly positive media coverage about the scale of the project, the engineering and the overall design of stations and so forth. However, one…Continue Reading Goodbye Yellow Train Ends

EU Emission limits bite for new freight locomotives

The rail freight sector has grown exponentially over the past twenty years resulting in an unprecedented demand for new motive power. In recent months the major UK rail freight companies have had their cheque books out in a major spending spree. Rail Magazine has summarized the latest purchases of diesel locomotives:- 21 x EMD Class 66s for GBRf.  15 x…Continue Reading EU Emission limits bite for new freight locomotives