Company plans to make 80 jobs redundant and insist staff re-apply for their jobs on inferior terms and conditions.
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Unveiled last month, the world's first battery-electric freight train was showcased at an event held in Pittsburgh. Developed by Wabtec, a Pittsburgh based rail freight company, the new locomotive aims to dramatically reduce carbon emissions produced by rail transport to assist rails decarbonisation journey. We speak to Wabtec to find out more.
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The FLXdrive technology is projected to cut emissions and fuel consumption by up to 30%. Railway firm Canadian National Railway (CN) has acquired the FLXdrive battery-electric freight locomotive from Wabtec.
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Wabtec has announced its intention to close its manufacturing operations at the Brush Traction site in Loughborough.
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About 100 jobs are threatened with the proposed closure of a train carriage refurbishment factory in East Ayrshire, a union has claimed.

Unite said Wabtec planned to consolidate its operations in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, citing a reduction in orders for its decision.

The union claimed Wabtec's order books had been full in recent years.

It said orders included a refurbishment contract worth about £8m funded by the Scottish government in 2017.

The Kilmarnock site, which originally opened as an engineering workshop in 1840, has helped refurbish recent Abellio ScotRail and ScotRail models.
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