Colas Class 70 locomotive at the head of a timber train

Seeing the wood for the trees

Timber is loaded on to a Colas Rail freight train Photographs by Alan Peters at Colas Rail

Another UK timber trial project has seen a flow return to rail freight. A sawmill in Abergavenny in Wales has received its first load of rail-transported timber since 2004. The rebirth of the load is down to a partnership between Network Rail and freight operator Colas Rail.

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Colas Class 70 locomotive at the head of a timber train

Seeing the wood for the trees

Timber is loaded on to a Colas Rail freight train Photographs by Alan Peters at Colas Rail

Another UK timber trial project has seen a flow return to rail freight. A sawmill in Abergavenny in Wales has received its first load of rail-transported timber since 2004. The rebirth of the load is down to a partnership between Network Rail and freight operator Colas Rail.

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