RT Rail


RT Rail was a small British railway spot-hire company, a subsidiary of Ealing Community Transport, that specialised in Class 08 shunting locomotives. It was sold in 2008 to British American Railway Services along with ECT's other rail assets. It is now part of the locomotive hire division of their subsidiary company, RMS Locotec. Its fleet was available to hire to both industrial and railway operators. Customers included Bombardier Transportation at Ilford EMU Depot, Freightliner, First ScotRail at Inverness, and Silverlink. The company also owned two Class 73 locomotives, and a single Class 20 locomotive which was placed on loan to the Weardale Railway.

Fleet details

Key:In serviceWithdrawnPreservedUnder repairScrapped

NumberClassLiveryStatusNotes
0830808Caledonian SleeperOperationalOn hire to First ScotRail, Inverness
0837508RT Rail BlackOperationalOn hire to Ketton Cement Works Number 12
0843608RT Rail BlackPreservedPreserved at Swanage Railway in 2004
0849308BR BlueStoredPending overhaul
0852308Mainline Freight BlueOperationalOn hire to Albion Chemicals, Sandbach
0852908BR BlueStoredPending overhaul
0853508BR GreyStoredPending overhaul
0857308RT Rail BlackOperationalOn hire to First ScotRail, Inverness
0858808RT Rail BlackOperationalworking at Washwood Heath 2012
0861308Non-standard BlueOperationalOn hire to Bombardier Transportation, Ilford EMU Depot
0862208RT Rail BlackOperationalOn hire to Ketton Cement Works Number 9
0864808YellowOperationalOn hire to ICI, Winnington
0875008RT Rail BlackOperationalOn hire to Imerys, Quidhampton quarry
0875408Freightliner GreenOperational-
0875608BR BlueStoredPending overhaul
0876208RT Rail BlackOperationalOn hire to ICI, Winnington
0878808RT Rail BlackOperationalOn hire to Trafford Park
0881508BR BlueScrappedSold for scrap in 2005
0881908BR BlueStoredPending overhaul
0887308Rail Express SystemsOperationalOn hire to Trafford Park
0887408SilverlinkOperationalOn hire to National Express East Anglia at Norwich Crown Point
0888508GBRf Blue/OrangeOperationalOn hire to GB Railfreight
2018920BR GreenOperationalOn loan to Weardale Railway
7310773Triple GreyOperational
7320173BR BlueOperational