British American Railway Services
British American Railway Services is a British locomotive and spot hire company. It is ultimately owned by Iowa Pacific Holdings.
The company was established in 2008 to acquire the rail assets of Ealing Community Transport.
BARS subsidiaries include RMS Locotec, Hanson Traction, Weardale Railway and Dartmoor Railway. 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.
