Whatley Quarry in Somerset is the starting point for many of the heaviest trains. It now has Battery Bill, an electric shunter. PAUL CLIFTON pays a visit ...

Battery Bill is the first electric locomotive to operate at a UK quarry A schoolboy has named the UK's first electric quarry locomotive Battery Bill. Five-year-old Cillian Gallagher, from Bishop ...

Positive Traction US (PTUS) LLC’s British affiliate, Positive Traction Ltd., has converted a former British Rail Class 08 switcher from diesel-electric to 100% battery-electric propulsion, with ...

Whatley Quarrys class 59 locomotive fleet filmed in 1992 when the four locomotives had just entered service with ARC Ltd Part 1 Whatley Quarry rail development The quarrying operation The Class 59 ...