A rolling stock company (ROSCO) or rolling stock leasing company owns and maintains railway engines and carriages which are leased to
train operating companies
A train operating company (TOC) is a business operating passenger trains on the railway system of Great Britain under the collective National Rail brand. TOCs have existed since the privatisation of the network under the Railways Act 1993.
The ...
who operate the trains.
Africa
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Sheltam Grindrod
Sheltam is a locomotive hire and repair company that undertakes complete operating contracts and maintenance contracts, based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. By the year 2000, Sheltam locomotives were operating at Randfontein Estates Gold Mine i ...
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Australia
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Rail First Asset Management
Europe
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Alpha Trains
Alpha Trains is a rolling stock leasing company operating in the European Union and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) regions of mainland Europe.
It was created as ''Angel Trains International'' as a spin-off from the British rolling stock ...
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Macquarie European Rail
Macquarie European Rail (formerly ''Lloyds TSB General Leasing'') is a rolling stock company (ROSCO). It is presently owned by the French railway leasing entity Akiem.
Founded as Lloyds TSB General Leasing as a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Grou ...
United States
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Chicago Freight Car Leasing Company
The Chicago Freight Car Leasing Company provides railcar leasing and management to companies throughout North America for a variety of commodities, including agricultural & food products; chemical & processed mineral products; metals, ores, agg ...
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United Kingdom
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Angel Trains
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Beacon Rail
Beacon Rail is a rolling stock company (ROSCO) based in the United Kingdom. Its primary business is the leasing of locomotives and rolling stock to various train operating companies (TOCs).
The company originated within Allco Finance Group's Eur ...
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Europhoenix
Europhoenix is a spot-hire railway locomotive company in England. In addition to the hiring out of locomotives to various other operators across the United Kingdom, it commonly exports former British Rail rolling stock to operators in mainland Eur ...
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Eversholt Rail Group
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Porterbrook
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Rock Rail
Rock Rail is a British rolling stock company (ROSCO). It was established by Rock Infrastructure in 2014, and was structured as a subsidiary of the firm during July 2016.
Rock Rail signed its first rail leasing deal for 25 Siemens Mobility-built ...
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Rolling stock leasing companies
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