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Category: Freightliner

Raising roof container designed to switch from road to rail (RailwayGazette)

On 13 July 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Freight, Freightliner, Industry News, Intermodal

A curtain-sided container with a raising roof which is designed to transport double-stacked palletised products by rail has been unveiled by Nestlé UK & Ireland. The company said the railway network’s height constraints compared to …

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Gov’t funds for Freightliner dual-fuel project (AnonWidower)

On 14 July 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Freight, Freightliner, Industry News, Sustainability

Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), in partnership with a consortium of specialist suppliers, has been successful in securing government funding to develop a dual-fuel solution for the Class 66 locomotive. The …

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