Topic: Scunthorpe

DB Cargo UK and NR put HVO ’66 to work

After extensive static testing of a class 67 at Nottingham, DB Cargo UK have been given clearance by Network Rail to test a class 66 locomotive fuelled with pure renewable Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO). The...Read more

22-12-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Landslide at UK’s Scunthorpe results in rail freight diversions

A weekend landslip has closed lines through the Lincolnshire town of Scunthorpe, in the north east of England. Freight rolls on, including steel from the local plant and biomass fuel trains from the nearby port...Read more

17-06-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton

DB Cargo UK heavy coal train. Source: Darren Bailey

New heavyweight ‘personal best’ for DB Cargo UK

DB Cargo UK hauled their heaviest load yet, with a very traditional cargo of over 4000 tonnes of high grade coal, destined to keep British Steel fired up and producing from their Scunthorpe plant in...Read more

04-05-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton

UK’s rail-making plant British Steel sold to Chinese

The company responsible for the making of UK’s railway, British Steel, has been sold to the Chinese Jingye Group. The 3000-strong local workforce has met the news with relief, and the rail industry says it...Read more

10-03-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Orange saftey suited engineer inspects stockpile of new rails at British Steel works in UK

Re-railing Britain after the derailments

Two major freight derailments hit the UK network in January. Trains came off at Barking in London and Eastleigh on the south coast. You can read the latest updates here. With the incidents ripping up...Read more

06-02-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton