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 ...

US-based Electro-Motive Diesel has delivered the last batch of seven new Class 66 locomotives to UK rail freight company GB Railfreight (GBRf). The new Class 66s are currently being transported to ...

The arrival of the new Class 99s means GBRf is expected to start looking at returning Class 66s to their rolling stock owners as and when their leases expire, though Managing Director John Smith has ...

UK’s GB Railfreight (GBRf) has taken delivery of the first batch of five new Class 66 locomotives, which are on order with US-based Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD). EMD was contracted in September 2013, ...

Simply sign up to the US & Canadian companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The company that has dominated key segments of the European diesel locomotive market is set to face ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It has been easy in recent years on Europe’s railways to identify privately operated freight trains, as long as ...

Progress Rail on Dec. 16 announced that it has signed a new 10-year maintenance service agreement (MSA) with London-based Beacon Rail to continue servicing Beacon’s fleet of EMD® JT42CWR locomotives ...