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Devon and Cornwall Railways

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Devon and Cornwall Railways (DCR) is a British freight operating company. DCR is a subsidiary of British American Railway Services (BARS),[1] itself owned by Iowa Pacific Holdings (IPH).[2] IPH purchased the Dartmoor Railway and Weardale Railway in 2008.[3]

Operations

DCR operate freight trains. They planned to operate passenger services between Okehampton and Exeter from May 2010 but this has not yet happened.[4]

They are a small but rapidly growing freight company,[5] they currently have contracts for moving the Railvac machine to and from possessions for Rail Care working for Network Rail, and also have close working ties with several other freight operators and rolling stock providers.[6]

Fleet

  • British Rail Class 31: 31144 (BR Engineering), 31190 (BR Green), 31452 (DCR Green), 31454 (BR InterCity), 31468 (Fragonset Black), 31601 (DCRail Grey), 31602 (Network Rail Yellow)
  • British Rail Class 56: 56091 (Fertis Grey), 56103 (Fertis Grey), 56128 (Transrail Grey), 56303 (DCR Green), 56311 (DCR Grey), 56312 (DCRail Grey)

References

  1. ↑ "Devon and Cornwall Railways Limited". RMS Locotec.
  2. ↑ Iowa Pacific Holdings. "About us".
  3. ↑ Dartmoor Railway Company. "About Our Company".
  4. ↑ Joint, Laura (29 March 2010). "Okehampton to Exeter railway line back on track". BBC News.
  5. ↑ http://www.railmagazine.com/operations/freight/dcr-s-freight-day-out
  6. ↑ http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/chancellor-george-osborne-s-talk-plymouth-rail/story-27737438-detail/story.html


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