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Harry Needle Railroad Company
47703 St Mungo at Preston, 1998
Company typePrivate
IndustryRail
Founded1998
HeadquartersBarrow Hill Engine Shed, England
ProductsLocomotive Spot Hire and Maintenance/Repair
ServicesMainline and Shunting Locomotive Hire, Maintenance, Repairs and Heavy Overhauls
OwnerHarry Needle

The Harry Needle Railroad Company (HNRC) is a railway spot-hire company, based at Barrow Hill Engine Shed in Derbyshire. Prior to 2010 the company also recovered valuable spares from scrapped railway vehicles, either on the vehicle owners' sites, or at the European Metal Recycling scrapyard in Kingsbury.

HNRC was established in 1998. It adopted an orange livery. In 2002 it introduced a yellow, white and black livery.

In 2019, HNRC purchased DB Cargo UK's Worksop depot. As at October 2019, this was being used to store withdrawn InterCity 225s and Class 345s awaiting the opening of the Elizabeth line.

Fleet details

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All locomotives below are owned or were previously owned by HNRC, unless otherwise stated.

Key: Operational Maintained by HNRC Withdrawn/Stored Preserved Sold for Scrap Sold for Further Use


N.B. For scrapped locomotives, see below.

Number Class Name Current Livery Year Acquired Previous Owner / Operator Status
12082 11 - Early BR green without yellow/black ends 1992 ex-Industrial Sold and Preserved. Renumbered to 12049 in October 2010 as replacement for the fire-damaged Mid Hants machine. Preserved at Mid Hants Railway.
20901 20 - GBRf Blue & Gold 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services sold to Balfour Beatty with 20905 in 2023.
47715 47 Haymarket Network SouthEast Blue/White/Red 2013 ex-Preserved Carriage warmer at Doncaster Wabtec
47812 47 - Riviera Oxford Blue Since 2014 Owned by Riviera Trains Sold to Rail Operations Group in 2016
47815 47 Great Western Riviera Oxford Blue Since 2014 Owned by Riviera Trains Sold to Rail Operations Group in 2016
47843 47 Vulcan Riviera Oxford Blue Since 2014 Owned by Riviera Trains Sold to Rail Operations Group in 2016
47847 47 - BR Large Logo Blue Since 2015 Owned by Riviera Trains Sold to Rail Operations Group in 2016
47848 47 Titan Star Riviera Oxford Blue Since 2015 Owned by Riviera Trains Sold to Rail Operations Group in 2016

Scrapped locomotives

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The company has dismantled over thirty Class 47 locomotives including 47774

HNRC also operates as a scrap dealer, dismantling redundant locomotives and rolling stock, either on site, or at the scrapyard in Kingsbury.

References

  1. Railfest2004 Archived 9 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 13 August 2008
  2. "Needle forms Midland & Northern Railroad". The Railway Magazine. No. 1162. February 1998. p. 13.
  3. "Now its day-glo orange for main line locomotives". The Railway Magazine. No. 1182. October 1999. p. 13.
  4. "Harry unveils new livery". The Railway Magazine. No. 1218. October 2002. p. 9.
  5. "HNRC buys Worksop depot as part of expansion plans". Rail Magazine. No. 870. 16 January 2019. p. 22.
  6. "Harry Needle Railroad Co expands with £6m Worksop depot takeover". The Railway Magazine. No. 1416. March 2019.8
  7. "First LNER Mk4s taken to Worksop for storage". Rail Magazine. No. 880. 5 June 2019. p. 29.
  8. "End of the Line: Withdrawn & Stored Locomotives UK". www.wnxx.com. 1 November 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  9. "Renaming Ceremony Following Restoration and Repainting of Class 47 Diesel Locomotive". 2 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  10. "HNRC 47 moved to Doncaster". Today's Railways UK. No. 212. August 2019. p. 63.
  11. ^ "ROG buys five Riviera Class 47s". Today's Railways UK. No. 176. August 2016. p. 60.

Further reading

  • Clinnick, Richard (28 November – 11 December 2012). "HNRC sets its sights on a fleet of ten Class 37s...". RAIL. No. 710. Peterborough: Bauer. pp. 28–29. ISSN 0953-4563. OCLC 49953699.

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