Retrofit dual fuel for Britain’s freight workhorses
CGI drawings of diesel locomotives class 37 and class 66 retrofitted for dual fuel operation Image CGI by G-volution and SBLRail media release
A partnership between two British companies promises a leap forward in fuel technology. Work by Bristol-based G-volution and SBL-Rail from Manchester could significantly reduce emissions from the existing UK fleet of diesel power units. The companies have announced a collaboration which could breathe new, and somewhat cleaner life into a variety of diesel units in use across the UK’s freight operations, notably Class 37, Class 59 and Class 66 locomotives.
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There’s a fleet of fifty class 58 Locos slowly rotting away in France or have they been scrapped !! They could be got cheap and perhaps 25 good ones could be made from them !! Ditto the 56s abandoned in Spain and France!