DB Cargo UK has worked with Rail Operations Group to test a Class 93 locomotive on an intermodal service, as the freight operator explores future options.

93006 hauled a Peel Ports service from Seaforth in Merseyside to Mossend in Glasgow and return on the 10th February.

Class 93s can use overhead lines, diesel power or a battery for use on non-electrified lines.

Further trials are planned as part of DB’s ongoing review into its future fleet investment strategy.

The trial of the Class 93 was conducted as part of an ongoing review of our future fleet investment strategy, and we were impressed with its performance.

“We also took the opportunity to take along representatives from the train driver union ASLEF, to ascertain their views on its’ performance out on the network,”

Mark Sargant, DB Cargo UK’s Head of Operations