With a fleet of new wagons, Drax remains Britain’s ‘biomassive’
British manufacturer WH Davis is supplying a fleet of thirty new biomass wagons for the Drax power station complex. The former coal-fired generating station, which now defines itself as the United Kingdom’s largest renewable electricity...Read more
UK Rail Minister Huw Merriman applauds innovation at WH Davis
A boost for UK rail freight and manufacturing. That was the conclusion of a ministerial visit last week to the only independent freight rolling stock manufacturer in the UK. In a show of support for...Read more
Davis Wagon Services and Drax remain a power couple after ten years
Davis Wagon Services, a provider of maintenance solutions to the rail freight industry in the UK, has celebrated the tenth anniversary of its maintenance management contract with Drax, by signing an extension of the deal....Read moreBritish power generator Drax orders new WH Davis biomass fleet
Drax, the UK’s biggest generator of renewable electricity, is expanding its rail fleet, with an order for UK built rolling stock. The iconic cooling towers of the power station complex will be better served by...Read more
Big silver boxes on wheels: UK manufacturer delivers
WH Davis, the UK independent wagon manufacturer, has out-shopped and delivered the first batch of JNA box wagons to Land Recovery Limited, the Cheshire-based construction support operation. JNA designation open wagons, sometimes referred to as...Read more
UK freight manufacturer awaits prime ministerial intentions
One hundred and fourteen years old and still going strong. That is WH Davis, the specialist wagon manufacturers, not the age of Les Bryant, their energetic group Engineering Director. Nevertheless, with forty-four years of experience...Read more
UK wagon factory has latest project box-fresh for delivery
WH Davis, the last independent rolling stock manufacturer in the UK, is nearing the completion of another important project. Their speciality, open box wagons, are in high demand, and their latest customer is expecting delivery...Read more
British wagon manufacturer wins contracts at home and abroad
Britain’s independent freight rolling stock manufacturer WH Davis has been awarded a contract with Network Rail to improve the environmental performance of the infrastructure agency’s fleet of side-tipping ballast wagons. The company has also been...Read more
‘Recycled’ wagons roll for UK manufacturer WH Davis
WH Davis has outshopped the first 46 ‘megaboxes’ for their railway leasing customer Beacon Rail. The 75 cubic-meter capacity wagon is finished with GB Railfreight livery. The 75 cubic-metre capacity open wagons use recovered and...Read more
Former coal hopper becomes high-capacity box wagon
The only remaining freight wagon manufacturer in the UK, WH Davis, has secured what they describe as a major contract with Beacon Rail Leasing. The company will convert 46 former coal hopper wagons into brand...Read more
High capacity wagons for UK industry
Specialist UK manufacturer WH Davis has supplied a rake of repurposed and reengineered bulk carrier wagons to support construction materials specialist Aggregate Industries and leasing agent VTG Rail UK. The rake has been commissioned to...Read more
UK rolling stock specialist says manufacturing migrating eastwards
The days of large-scale freight wagon rolling stock building are over in the UK. This is the belief of Les Bryant, the group business development director at wagon builder WH Davis. All large volume manufacturing...Read more
WH Davis tours customers around new ECOfret2 intermodal wagons
UK manufacturer WH Davis welcomed representatives from leasing company VTG and operators GB Railfreight to their manufacturing base in England and their production facilities at Langwith Junction, near Mansfield. The reason of their visit was...Read more
GB Railfreight signs multi-million deal for lease of Ecofret2
GB Railfreight, currently the third-largest rail freight operator in the UK, has signed a new multi-million pound contract for the lease of an additional 52 Ecofret2 Intermodal wagons. The second generation multimodal career rake is...Read more
VTG chose WH Davis for Ecofret2
VTG Rail UK has signed an agreement with WH Davis to build 84 of their new trademarked Ecofret2 triple container wagons. The East Midlands manufacturer was selected ahead of a stellar field of other European...Read more