FRIDAY FREIGHT PATH
Britain still makes for the world
The prevailing narrative of the British economy is one of service-sector dominance, a landscape of finance and consultancy where the soot-stained factories of the 20th…
Class 68 diesel locomotive
UK rail freight operator DRS stages unique charity photocall
Specialist freight operator Direct Rail Services has staged a charity fundrasing photoshoot. The event featuring one of its modern Class 68 diesel locomotives and all…
Intermodal expansion
UK manufacturer wins 150 wagon order for Freightliner
Freightliner in the UK has announced an agreement with rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook for 150 brand-new intermodal wagons. The units will be built by…
Financial backing for export order
WH Davis to expand UK workforce
Britain’s last independent freight rolling stock manufacturer is gearing up for a significant workforce increase. They plan to add 20 new roles, representing a 25…
Dublin desires Davis designs
Britain’s wagon maker wins Irish order
Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail, the bilingual national carrier for freight and passenger services, has gone abroad for a large freight rolling stock order. The state-operated…
Political spotlight on rail industry
Rail manufacturing championed in UK parliament
An elected member for the city of Derby has used her rare opportunity in the House of Commons to champion the rail industry in the…
Wagons roll
WH Davis celsa-brates wagon order
The UK’s last bespoke freight wagon manufacturer, WH Davis, has announced a deal with Celsa Steel UK. The order is for a purpose built rake…
Rolling stock refurb and rebuild
Freightliner turns to WH Davis for wagon repurposing
UK freight operating company Freightliner has engaged with specialist rail engineering company WH Davis to partner on a re-purposing project. Freightliner UK has a redundant…
Buckland Rail becomes a UK brand
UK holding company Buckland Rail has amalgamated its family of rail businesses under their own brand. It means a change of association for some well-known companies. The…
Direct Rail Services roll out new fleet of JNA-Z box wagons
A fleet of 25 brand new JNA-Z box wagons from VTG Rail UK, the British arm of the multi-national freight wagon supplier, has entered traffic…
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…
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…