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West Coast Railways
5locomotive classes in service
1liveries recorded
0ports, terminals and yards it serves
Facts
- Legal name
- West Coast Railway Company Limited (trading as West Coast Railways)
- Owner
- David Smith (majority owner) (as at October 2026)
- Founded
- June 1998
- Headquarters
- Carnforth, Lancashire
- Traffic
- charter trains and spot hire (no freight haulage described)
- Depots
- Carnforth MPD, Southall, Fort William
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 47 | 21 | charter | October 2026 |
| Class 57 | 13 | charter (8 x 57/0, 4 x 57/3, 1 x 57/6) | October 2026 |
| Class 37 | 9 | charter | October 2026 |
| Class 33 | 3 | charter | October 2026 |
| Class 08 | 3 | shunters | October 2026 |
Counts come from sources of different dates and are indicative. No drawings yet: the classes and their dimensions.
Liveries 1
- WCR maroon current on Class 37, Class 33
Maroon body, the company's main livery (a darker 'Royal Scotsman claret' variant since 2005). 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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- West Coast Railways Wikipedia (secondary; must be paired), 2026-10-25company and fleet
- 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
unverified
- No freight haulage found: locos used on charters and hired to other companies, not shown hauling freight.
- Page was truncated; fleet counts may be incomplete.
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