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

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. The company was established in 2008 to acquire the rail assets of

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. BARS subsidiaries included RMS Locotec, Hanson Traction, Weardale Railway and

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. 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.Weardale Railway put up for sale by its American owners
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