UK-based Direct Rail Services (DRS) has unveiled new dual-mode Class 88 locomotive 88002, which combines both 25kv electric and diesel electric operating modes. The new train is an improved version of ...

Rail Operations said that the Class 93 tri-mode locomotives will cut down CO2 emissions for rail freight and potential passenger transport services. Credit: DJ Johnson on Unsplash. Rail Operations (UK ...

The Class 47 diesel locomotive has arrived at Wensleydale Railway as part of its growing fleet of heritage diesel locomotives. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get ...

Two ground-breaking Class 43 diesel electric locomotives will be thrilling visitors at this year’s Diesel Gala at The Watercress Line, from Friday 12th July to Sunday 14th July. Did you know with a ...

GE Transportation and Colas Rail Ltd., one of Europe’s largest providers of rail infrastructure services, have signed an agreement for GE to provide 10 Class 70 UK PowerHaul Series locomotives. “The ...

DB Cargo UK has embarked on a project with Siemens Mobility to commence the installation of the European Train Control System (ETCS) on the UK’s Class 66 freight locomotives. Starting in July, the ...

If you were to visit a railway almost anywhere in the world, you would find that unless it was in some way running heritage trains, the locomotives would bear a similarity to each other. Electric ...

Rail freight operators have ditched electric trains and returned to more polluting diesel locomotives due to soaring energy prices - just weeks before the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow. The ...