British American Railway Services

British American Railway Services (BARS) is a British locomotive and spot hire company. It is ultimately owned by Iowa Pacific Holdings.

British American Railway Services Ltd
TypeLimited company
IndustryRailways
PredecessorECT Rail Holdings
Founded2008
Headquarters
Stanhope
,
United Kingdom
Area served
Great Britain
ServicesLocomotive hire
ParentIowa Pacific Holdings
Websitehttp://www.rmslocotec.com/

The company was established in 2008 to acquire the rail assets of Ealing Community Transport.[1]

BARS subsidiaries include RMS Locotec, Hanson Traction, Weardale Railway and Dartmoor Railway.[2] BARS also owned Devon and Cornwall Railways which was active from 2011 until 2017. In January 2020 BARS announced that they intended to dispose of all UK business.[3]

BARS D5613 (31190) at Eastleigh in BR green livery

References
  1. "A Brief History of ECT Charity" (PDF). ECT Charity. April 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. http://www.rmslocotec.com/#/dcr/4539306317
  3. Weardale Railway put up for sale by its American owners
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