Date: 05/11/2021

With COP26 now well under way, the rail industry's We Mean Green campaign aims to highlight how moving more goods by rail could help combat climate change.

Every 24 hours, more than 8,000 tonnes of food, products and other essentials pass over the England-Scotland border at Gretna in freight trains - the greenest way of transporting food, drink and other essentials in bulk.

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Thousands of tonnes of essentials transported by rail to Scotland daily

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If you see COP26 delegates munching a snack while strolling the streets of Glasgow, theres a fair chance those tasty bites arrived in Scotland by rail.

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DRS 66425 at the head of a Mossend to Daventry intermodal, which would normally be hauled by a Class 88 electric, passing through the cutting at Forton on 16th October 2021.
Location: Bay Horse
Company: Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
16/10/2021 Mark Bartlett

The 12.40 from Glasgow Central to Euston passes DBC 66165, in the up loop at Abington, on a Grangemouth to Daventry intermodal service on 21st September 2019.
Location: Abington
Company: Caledonian Railway
21/09/2019 Bill Roberton

0715hrs, 9th June 2020, and the Story contractor's staff haven't yet arrived at the works site at Forton cutting. Freightliner 90041 and 90045 power north with a Crewe to Coatbridge intermodal service. Contrary to appearances this was actually lightly loaded as the rear half of the train comprised empty wagons. Some new faces should appear on these workings soon, with the transfer of the former Greater Anglia Class 90s to Freightliner, although this will probably spell the end of the Class 86 fleet.
Location: Bay Horse
Company: Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
09/06/2020 Mark Bartlett

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