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Tag: Drax Power Station
GB Railfreight biomass trains to North Yorkshire to use Vegetable Oil
GB Railfreight is to exclusively use Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil for all locomotives delivering fuel from ports at Liverpool and Tyne to Drax power sta…
Drax takes special anniversary train across iconic Yorkshire viaduct
Renewable power pioneer, Drax Group, recently showcased a gold-liveried Class 66 locomotive operated by GB Railfreight, along with a matching golden rail wagon, by crossing…
Locomotive naming celebrates fifty years of North Yorkshire power station
On Sunday (18 August), DB Cargo UK unveiled the 'Yorkshire Rose' to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the controversial Drax Power Stati…
Children’s Hospice Benefit from Drax Rail Event
Special Charter trains around the loop at Drax Power Station raises £30,000 for charity
All trains to Yorkshire power station now powered by Vegetable Oil
All DB Cargo UK trains transporting fuel to the renewable energy plant at Drax will now use environmentally friendly Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil.
Special trains to celebrate 50 years of Yorkshire Power Station
To celebrate 50 years since Drax power station opened the Branch Line Society is to run three special charter trains around the Drax power station sit…
‘Cooling Tower Choppers’ charter celebrates power generation this August
A special Class 20-hauled freight line charter will run in August to mark fifty years of power generation at Drax power station.
10,000th biomass delivery completed by Railfreight
Since 2016, GB Railfreight has moved over 15 million tonnes of sustainable biomass.
Book Review: Rail Freight, Yorkshire and North East England by Paul Shannon
This book illustrates the changing pattern of freight traffic on the railways of Yorkshire and North East England during the last 40 years.