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by Miles Brignall • The Government is to allow piggyback trailers to operate to railheads at 44 tonnes on six axles, even though piggyback services have not yet begun in Britain.
Roads and Railways min ister John Watts says he is extending the 44-tonne intermodal advantage to cover the movement of semitrailers by rail. Currently only trucks carrying containers and swapbodies on rail journeys can operate at the higher weight.
Although piggyback services have not yet begun, English Welsh & Scottish Railway is running trials of such a service for low height trailers. Glasgow haulier John G Russell, which already owns two pig gyback trailers, is to participate in the trial, which is expected to feature trailer movements along the West Coast mainline between London and Glasgow.
Graham Russell says the firm has invested "significantly" in the future of piggyback and is planning to buy more trailers capable of being carried on the spine wagons.