Devon and Cornwall Railways
Devon and Cornwall Railways (DCR) is a British freight operating company. DCR is a subsidiary of British American Railway Services (BARS),[1] itself owned by Iowa Pacific Holdings (IPH).[2] IPH purchased the Dartmoor Railway and Weardale Railway in 2008.[3]
Operations
DCR operate freight trains. They planned to operate passenger services between Okehampton and Exeter from May 2010 but this has not yet happened.[4]
2012 Stafford incident
On 26 April 2012, a DCR locomotive passed a signal at danger on the West Coast Main Line near Stafford railway station, stopping 94 metres past signal SD4-81.[5]
2014 Devon and Cornwall Railways
Since the 2012 incident there have been major changes within the company with internal restructuring and recruitment. Devon and Cornwall Railways now operates as DC Rail.
They are a small but rapidly growing freight company, they currently have contracts for moving the Railvac machine to and from possessions for Rail Care working for Network Rail, also have close working ties with several other freight operators.
Fleet
- British Rail Class 31: 31144 (BR Engineering), 31190 (BR Green), 31452 (DCR Green), 31454 (BR InterCity), 31468 (Fragonset Black), 31601 (DCR Green), 31602 (Network Rail Yellow)
- British Rail Class 56: 56091 (Fertis Grey), 56103 (Fertis Grey), 56128 (Transrail Grey), 56303 (DCR Green), 56311 (DCR Grey), 56312 (DCRail Grey)
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- ↑ "Devon and Cornwall Railways Limited". RMS Locotec.
- ↑ Iowa Pacific Holdings. "About us".
- ↑ Dartmoor Railway Company. "About Our Company".
- ↑ Joint, Laura (29 March 2010). "Okehampton to Exeter railway line back on track". BBC News.
- ↑ Rail Accident Investigation Branch. "Signal passed at danger at Stafford".
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