British American Railway Services

British American Railway Services (BARS) was a British locomotive and spot hire company. It was a subsidiary of Iowa Pacific Holdings.

British American Railway Services Ltd
Company typeLimited company
IndustryRailways
PredecessorECT Rail Holdings
Founded2008
Defunct2020
Headquarters,
England
Area served
Great Britain
ServicesLocomotive hire
ParentIowa Pacific Holdings

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

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

References

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  1. ^ "A Brief History of ECT Charity" (PDF). ECT Charity. April 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Home".
  3. ^ Weardale Railway put up for sale by its American owners