Rail Freight

Norfolk Southern has loaded the largest volume cargo in the history of its Pier 6 coal transloading facility at Lamberts Point in Norfolk. Early on Thursday 12 January, Norfolk Southern finished loading 159,941.45 net tons (145,097.931 metric tons) of metallurgical coal into the M/V Cape Dover, destined for China. That quantity can be used to [...]

An eight-miles long disused freight line at Cwmgrach has been brought back into use to enable coal produced by Unity Mine to be transported by freight trains to Aberthaw. This successful initiative owes to a collaboration between Network Rail and...

The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Transport Justine Greening MP that the Government will go ahead with HS2 from London to Birmingham. It cautioned however that the development of the route...

MSC, one of the world’s leading container shipping companies, has renewed their contract with Freightliner Ltd, increasing railed container volumes to the North West. The renewed contract is an expansion of the existing Freightliner/ MSC service, moving 30,000 container moves...

The Government’s decision to approve the High Speed 2 rail route 'will guarantee additional capacity on the West Coast Main Line for rail freight services', DB Schenker Rail UK said yesterday. Alain Thauvette, Chief Executive of DB Schenker Rail (UK)...

Starting on Monday 9 January 2012, Direct Rail Services Ltd (DRS) will be running a six week trial train service for the Sellafield workforce, starting at Carlisle. The train will be made up of three reserved carriages for Sellafield workforce...

On 27 December, torrential rain caused flooding which derailed a freight train operated by Genesee & Wyoming Australia Pty Ltd (GWA) in Australia’s Northern Territory. The train was derailed approximately 40 km north of Katherine, Northern Territory, in flood waters on the Edith River resulting from isolated, heavy rainfall associated with Cyclone Grant. The freight train spilled toxic [...]

Customers across manufacturing, consumer goods, energy and other markets committed to 124 new or expanded facilities on CSX and its short line railroad partners in 2011, driving job growth and other economic benefits in 17 states. The new or expanded...

Freightliner Heavy Haul Ltd and EDF Energy today confirmed that they have entered into a new rail haulage agreement for coal deliveries into EDF Energy’s power stations at Cottam and West Burton. The revised, long term deal gives EDF Energy...

QR National has taken a major step in finalising planning for rail infrastructure to support the next wave of growth in the Queensland resources sector. The next phase of project development follows on from the recent commencement of the $900 million W...