ECT Mainline Rail was a

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hire and maintenance company. It was one of several 'new' companies that sprang up after the demise of

FM Rail FM Rail was a railway charter company based in Derby, England. The company was formed when spot hire company Fragonset Railways and charter operator Merlin Rail merged. It went into administration in 2006. History Fragonset Railways Fra ...

at the end of 2006. A subsidiary of Ealing Community Transport, it had a base at Barrow Hill Engine Shed. It owned some ex- British Rail Mark 2 carriages and several ex-

British Rail Class 31 The British Rail Class 31 diesel locomotives, also known as the Brush Type 2 and previously as Class 30, were built by Brush Traction from 1957-62. They were numbered in two series, D5500-D5699 and D5800-D5862. Construction of the first locomot ...

diesel locomotives. It ceased to trade in 2008 and its assets were assigned to

RMS Locotec RMS Looctec is a railway company based in Wolsingham, England. It has specialised in industrial railway management, infrastructure maintenance, and rolling stock leasing; one major customer was its former sister company and rail freight operator ...

, which is now a subsidiary of

British American Railway Services British American Railway Services (BARS) was a British locomotive and spot hire company. It was a subsidiary of Iowa Pacific Holdings. The company was established in 2008 to acquire the rail assets of Ealing Community Transport. BARS subsidiar ...

Fleet

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* {{British_Rail_Spot_Hire_Companies Post-privatisation British railway companies British companies disestablished in 2008 British companies established in 2006 Railway companies disestablished in 2008