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Harry Needle Railroad Company (HNRC)
1locomotive classes in service
2liveries recorded
0ports, terminals and yards it serves
Facts
- Legal name
- Harry Needle Railroad Company Ltd
- Owner
- Swietelsky (Austria), bought January 2025 (as at October 2026)
- Founded
- 1998
- Headquarters
- Barrow Hill Engine Shed, Derbyshire
- Traffic
- locomotive spot hire and shunting hire, maintenance and overhaul, industrial supply (Class 20s at Hope Cement Works)
- Depots
- Barrow Hill, Worksop (bought from DB Cargo UK in 2019)
unverified Some of these figures haven’t yet been checked against an official source or a published history. What’s in doubt ↓
Locomotives
| Class | Number | Note | As at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class 20 | – | Supplied to Hope Cement Works (20121, 20166, 20311, 20314; 20168, 20906 on long-term hire, 20309 short-term hire). Count not stated. | October 2026 |
| Class 37 | 5 | Wikipedia 2024 summary lists about 5. | October 2026 |
| Class 73 | – | 73951 and 73952 (ex-Network Rail 73/9) bought Oct 2023, 73101 and related stock. | October 2026 |
Counts come from sources of different dates and are indicative. No drawings yet: the classes and their dimensions.
Liveries 2
- HNRC orange former, still running on Class 37, Class 20
Orange main-line livery adopted about 1999. Logo: yes, left off. - HNRC yellow, white and black current on Class 37, Class 20, Class 08
Yellow, white and black scheme introduced 2002. Logo: yes, left off.
Described in words: no operator publishes colour codes, so none is given. The logo is left off every drawing (the site is independent of every operator).
Sources
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- Harry Needle Railroad Company Wikipedia (secondary; must be paired), 2026-10-25company facts
- British Rail Class 20 Wikipedia (secondary; must be paired), 2026-10-25Class 20 hire
- British Rail Class 73 Wikipedia (secondary; must be paired), 2026-10-2573951/952
- Locomotive Services Limited Wikipedia (secondary; must be paired), 2026-10-25LSL owns four (heritage)
- British Rail Class 37 Wikipedia (secondary; must be paired), 2026-10-25infobox, 2024 fleet summary
- Europhoenix Rail Ltd to continue after buy-out by aggregates firm RAIL magazine, 2026-07-3111 Europhoenix
- Direct Rail Services announces retirement of Class 37 locomotives Direct Rail Services, 2024-01-22DRS retirement
- Colas Rail Wikipedia (secondary; must be paired), 2026-10-25Colas 8
- GB Railfreight - Locomotives page GB Railfreight, undated (read 2026-10-25)77 t, 90 mph (145 km/h), 9 + 11
unverified
- Fleet counts by class are not given on the HNRC Wikipedia page; the 2026 fleet is to be confirmed.
- Any Swietelsky livery changes are to be confirmed.
- Whether HNRC trains haul freight beyond industrial site work is to be confirmed.
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