RT Rail

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RT Rail is a small English railway spot-hire company, a subsidiary of ECT, that specialises in Class 08 shunting locomotives. Its fleet is available to hire to both industrial and railway operators. Customers have included Bombardier Transportation at Ilford Works, Freightliner, First ScotRail at Inverness, and Silverlink. The company also owns one Class 73 locomotive, and a single Class 20 locomotive which was placed on loan to the Weardale Railway.

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Key: In service Withdrawn Preserved Under repair Scrapped


Number Class Livery Status Notes
08308 08 Caledonian Sleeper Operational On hire to First ScotRail, Inverness
08375 08 RT Rail Black Operational
08436 08 RT Rail Black Preserved Preserved at Swanage Railway in 2004
08493 08 BR Blue Stored Pending overhaul
08523 08 Mainline Freight Blue Operational On hire to Albion Chemicals, Sandbach
08529 08 BR Blue Stored Pending overhaul
08535 08 BR Grey Stored Pending overhaul
08573 08 RT Rail Black Operational On hire to First ScotRail, Inverness
08588 08 RT Rail Black Operational
08613 08 Non-standard Blue Operational On hire to Bombardier Transportation, Ilford
08648 08 Yellow Operational On hire to ICI, Winnington
08750 08 RT Rail Black Operational On hire to Imerys, Quidhampton
08754 08 Freightliner Green Operational
08756 08 BR Blue Stored Pending overhaul
08762 08 RT Rail Black Operational On hire to ICI, Winnington
08788 08 RT Rail Black Operational On hire to Trafford Park
08815 08 BR Blue Scrapped Sold for scrap in 2005
08819 08 BR Blue Stored Pending overhaul
08873 08 Rail Express Systems Operational On hire to Trafford Park
08874 08 Silverlink Operational On hire to Silverlink, Bletchley
08885 08 GBRf Blue/Orange Operational On hire to FirstGBRf
20189 20 BR Green Operational On loan to Weardale Railway
73107 73 Triple Grey Operational Overhauled at St. Leonards Depot, 2007

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