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Harry Needle Railroad Company

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Harry Needle Railroad Company
Company typePrivate
IndustryRail
Founded1998
Headquarters
Barrow Hill Engine Shed
,
England
ProductsLocomotive Spot Hire and Maintenance/Repair
ServicesMainline and Shunting Locomotive Hire, Maintenance, Repairs and Heavy Overhauls
OwnerHarry Needle

The Harry Needle Railroad Company (HNRC) is a railway spot-hire company,[1] based at Barrow Hill Engine Shed in Derbyshire. Prior to 2010 the company also recovered valuable spares from scrapped railway vehicles, either on the vehicle owners' sites, or at the European Metal Recycling scrapyard in Kingsbury.

HNRC was established in 1998.[2] It adopted an orange livery.[3] In 2002 it introduced a yellow, white and black livery.[4]

In 2019, HNRC purchased DB Cargo UK's Worksop depot.[5][6] As at October 2019, this was being used to store withdrawn InterCity 225s and Class 345s awaiting the opening of the Elizabeth line.[7]

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Fleet Details

All locomotives below are owned or were previously owned by HNRC, unless otherwise stated.

Key: Operational Maintained by HNRC Withdrawn/Stored Preserved Sold for Scrap Sold for Further Use


N.B. For scrapped locomotives, see below.

Number Class Name Current Livery Year Acquired Previous Owner / Operator Status
12082 11 - Early BR green without yellow/black ends 1992 ex-Industrial Sold and Preserved. Renumbered to 12049 in October 2010 as replacement for the fire-damaged Mid Hants machine.[8] Preserved at Mid Hants Railway.
20901 20 - GBRf Blue & Gold 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services sold to Balfour Beatty with 20905 in 2023.[9]
47715 47 Haymarket[10] Network SouthEast Blue/White/Red 2013 ex-Preserved Carriage warmer at Doncaster Wabtec[11]
47812 47 - Riviera Oxford Blue Since 2014 Owned by Riviera Trains Sold to Rail Operations Group in 2016[12]
47815 47 Great Western Riviera Oxford Blue Since 2014 Owned by Riviera Trains Sold to Rail Operations Group in 2016[12]
47843 47 Vulcan Riviera Oxford Blue Since 2014 Owned by Riviera Trains Sold to Rail Operations Group in 2016[12]
47847 47 - BR Large Logo Blue Since 2015 Owned by Riviera Trains Sold to Rail Operations Group in 2016[12]
47848 47 Titan Star Riviera Oxford Blue Since 2015 Owned by Riviera Trains Sold to Rail Operations Group in 2016[12]

Scrapped locomotives

The company has dismantled over thirty Class 47 locomotives including 47774

HNRC also operates as a scrap dealer, dismantling redundant locomotives and rolling stock, either on site, or at the scrapyard in Kingsbury.

References

  1. ^ Railfest2004 Archived 9 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 13 August 2008
  2. ^ Needle forms Midland & Northern Railroad The Railway Magazine issue 1162 February 1998 page 13
  3. ^ Now its day-glo orange for main line locomotives The Railway Magazine issue 1182 October 1999 page 13
  4. ^ Harry unveils new livery The Railway Magazine issue 1218 October 2002 page 9
  5. ^ HNRC buys Worksop depot as part of expansion plans Rail issue 870 16 January 2019 page 22
  6. ^ Harry Needle Railroad Co expands with £6m Worksop depot takeover The Railway Magazine issue 1416 March 2019 page 8
  7. ^ First LNER Mk4s taken to Worksop for storage Rail issue 880 5 June 2019 page 29
  8. ^ "End of the Line: Withdrawn & Stored Locomotives UK". www.wnxx.com. 1 November 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  9. ^ Clinnick, Richard (27 July 2020). "20901 returning to traffic". Twitter.
  10. ^ "Renaming Ceremony Following Restoration and Repainting of Class 47 Diesel Locomotive". 2 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  11. ^ HNRC 47 moved to Doncaster Today's Railways UK issue 212 August 2019 page 63
  12. ^ a b c d e ROG buys five Riviera Class 47s Today's Railways UK issue 176 August 2016 page 60

External links

Media related to Harry Needle Railroad Company at Wikimedia Commons

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