Topic: Biomass wagons

The UK biomass wagon: a feat of engineering

Not coal, but wood pellets fuel up Drax, the power station that helps keep the lights on all over the UK. The high-tech wood pellets require an equally high-tech solution to get them to the...Read more

23-01-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton

New hoppers boost GBRf’s biomass operations

GB Railfreight is set to strengthen its fleet after announcing it is to lease 50 newly-built lidded biomass wagons from Nacco, offering a payload of 70 tonnes instead of the current lidded hopper capacity of...Read more

02-11-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

New GB Railfreight deal for biomass wagons

Fifty new purpose-built high capacity biomass hopper wagons will be built as the result of a major new haulage contract between GB Railfreight (GBRf) and Lynemouth Power Limited (LPL). It is intended that the new...Read more

22-12-2016|Comment|author: Simon Weedy