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Class 47, no. 47316 'Cam Peak', at
Doncaster Works open day on 27th July 2003. This locomotive had recently been returned to traffic after a period in store. It is painted in the distinctive
Cotswold Rail corporate livery.
Class 47, no. 47818, at
Cambridge on 23rd August 2004. This locomotive is owned by Cotswold Rail but hired to
'one'. Over the summer of 2004, it was used extensively to haul diverted passenger trains from
London Liverpool St. to
Norwich, due to engineering works at
Ipswich.
Cotswold Rail is a spot-hire company of shunting and mainline locomotives, based in Gloucester, England. It was previously based at Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. It owns a fleet of Class 08 shunting locomotives, which are hired to both industry and main-line railway companies. It is also has a growing fleet of Class 47 locomotives, which are hired to 'one', following on from its predecessor Anglia Railways. They are also hired for passenger charter trains. Cotswold Rail's livery consist of silver, with red and blue bands. It has a policy of naming it locomotives after geographical features, such as Cam Peak and the Fosse Way, or after music-industry personalities.
In April 2005, Cotswold Rail acquired its first Class 87 electric locomotives. A fleet of ten locomotives was planned for spot-hire work, charter operations and a new intermodal freight flow. However, all locomotives were returned to the leasing company in 2006.
Cotswold Rail acquired a High Speed Train set in September 2005, including two Class 43 power cars. The trains were previously in use with Virgin Trains on summer holidays services from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Newquay. They were later returned to the leased company.
In 2006, Cotswold Rail started to lease the previously closed depot at Gloucester. Much of their stored stock has now been moved here to reduce rent charges for keeping them elsewhere.
Cotswold Rail has an expanding operational freight side, Advenza Freight, which has recently acquired Class 57 locomotives that shall be used for imminent scrap, timber and aggregate traffic. These locomotives were the first in the new Advenza Freight livery, complementing those within the existing Cotswold fleet.
[edit] Blue Pullman
In 2007 Cotswold Rail acquired rights to the Blue Pullman service, setting up the The Blue Pullman Train Co Ltd.[1] using the Blue Pullman liveried coaches purchased following the receivership of its previous operator FM Rail, which ran it through its Hertfordshire Rail Tours business. Cotswold re-launched the Blue Pullman service on February 2007 using its silver Class 47s[1].
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