NETWORK Rail will continue the renewal of its engineering vehicle fleet after signing a 10-year deal for 570 wagons with Swiss leasing specialist Wascosa. As well as more than 300 ‘Falcon’and JNA bogie opens for bulk ballast and spoil traffic,NR will lease 260 60ft bogie container flats capable of carrying stackable modules designed for specialist tasks such as transporting track panels,sleepers, switches and loose materials.
Wascosa has recently delivered‘flex’freightwagons with a range of demountable superstructures to Swiss rail infrastructure company Sersa, and has worked with German giant BASF to develop a modular transport system replacing hundreds of tank wagons designed for specific chemicals.
The British wagons will be built by Greenbrier Europe in Poland and Romania and maintained by GB Railfreight.
The first vehicles are expected to arrive in the UK in October 2021.