British American Railway Services (BARS) is a British train operating company, specialising in locomotive

Locomotive

A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...

 and rolling stock

Rolling stock

Rolling stock comprises all the vehicles that move on a railway. It usually includes both powered and unpowered vehicles, for example locomotives, railroad cars, coaches and wagons...

 hire and maintenance. It was formed to acquire the assets of ECT Rail Holdings in 2008 by Iowa Pacific Holdings, an American shortline

ShortLine

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 railroad holding company.
Subsidiaries of BARS include RMS Locotec, Hanson Traction

Hanson Traction

Hanson Traction Ltd are a locomotive leasing company based at Washwood Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands.The company own seven locomotives, consisting of four class 56's , one class 50 and two class 31's....

, Weardale Railway

Weardale Railway

The Weardale Railway is a British single-track branch line railway providing regular daily passenger service between Bishop Auckland , Wolsingham, Frosterley and Stanhope. Services began on 23 May 2010 after a lapse of almost sixty years. The railway originally ran from Bishop Auckland to...

, Dartmoor Railway

Dartmoor Railway

The Dartmoor Railway is a long railway line in Devon, England. From Crediton the line parallels the Tarka Line to the site of the former Coleford Junction. Heading west it then serves Sampford Courtenay, Okehampton and Meldon Quarry. The route is owned from Coleford to Meldon by Aggregate...

, and Devon and Cornwall Railways (DCR), which is an embryonic open access operator

Open access operator

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Fleet

Number	Name	Livery	Location/Home Depot	Notes
56022	-	Transrail grey	Wolsingham TMD (Weardale Railway)	Stored unserviceable. Scrapped in November 2011 http://www.wnxx.com/news/index.htm
56114	-	EW&S red / gold	Washwood Heath TMD	Stored unserviceable / Source of spares.
56128	-	Transrail grey	Wansford, Nene Valley Railway	Stored unserviceable / Source of spares.
56303	-	Devon & Cornwall Railways	Washwood Heath TMD	Operational. Acquired from Rail Vehicle Engineering Ltd (RVEL) in exchange for 73104, 73139 & 31422.
56311 (formerly 56057 "British Nuclear Fuels")	-	Grey & yellow with 'DCR' branding	Washwood Heath TMD	Operational. Locomotive acquired as part of Hanson Traction fleet.
56312 (formerly 56003)	-	Grey & yellow with 'DCR' branding	Washwood Heath TMD	Currently operational. Locomotive acquired as part of Hanson Traction fleet.
31190	-	BR Green	Washwood Heath TMD	Currently operational. Locomotive acquired as part of Hanson Traction fleet.
31452	-	Devon & Cornwall Railways	Derby RTC	Currently operational.
31454	-	BR Intercity Swallow	Washwood Heath TMD	Currently operational.
31468	-	Fragonset black	Wolsingham TMD (Weardale Railway)	Stored, awaiting return to use.
31601	-	Devon & Cornwall Railways	Washwood Heath TMD	Operational.
31602	Driver Dave Green	Network Rail yellow (unbranded)	Derby RTC	Currently operational, on long term hire to Network Rail. Locomotive acquired as part of Hanson Traction fleet.