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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A train driver was involved in a rail crash after becoming distracted by text messages on childcare arrangements following the announcement that the UK was going into lockdown. The class 66 locomotive ...