DCRail

DCRail (DCR), legal name Devon & Cornwall Railways Limited,[1] is a British freight operating company, active from 2011. A private limited company, it receives financial support from Cappagh Contractors Construction (London) Limited.[2]

History
56303 in August 2012

Until 2017,[3] the company was a subsidiary of British American Railway Services,[4] itself owned by Iowa Pacific Holdings (IPH)[5] which had also purchased the Dartmoor Railway and Weardale Railway in 2008.[6]

Operations

DCR planned to operate passenger services between Okehampton and Exeter St Davids from May 2010, purchasing Mark 2 carriages and Driving Brake Standard Opens, but this did not happen.[7][8][9]

In 2010 the business of Hanson Traction was purchased, along with six locomotives.[10][11] The Office of Rail Regulation granted the company a freight licence in December 2010[12] and in May 2011, DCR commenced operating freight services.[13][14]

Operations came under new ownership from November 2017, and with the Washwood Heath depot needing to be vacated for High Speed 2 construction works, RMS Locotec, which owned the entire fleet of 12 locomotives, put them up for sale.[15] Operations are continuing with hired resources.

Fleet

In November 2017, the RMS Locotec fleet, owned by DCR's parent company, comprised.[15]

  • Class 31: 31190, 31452, 31454, 31468, 31601, 31602
  • Class 56: 56091, 56103, 56128, 56303, 56311, 56312

All locomotives were put up for sale in 2017, with 56091 and 56103 obtained by DCR from RMS Locotec. The remaining class 56 locomotives were sold to UK Rail Leasing.[16]

In March 2019 DCR acquired four Class 60 locomotives from DB Cargo UK.[17] These were overhauled by DB Cargo at Toton TMD with 60046 the first to enter service in November 2019.[18] 60028 and 60055 joined the fleet in December 2019 and 60029 during 2020, 60028 is in the same aquamarine blue and white livery as Cappagh's road vehicles.[19]

Fleet summary
Class Image Type Introduced Fleet Size Wheel Arr Details
Class 56 Diesel locomotive 1976-84 3 Co-Co 56091, 103, 303
Class 60 1989-1993 4 60028, 029, 046 and 055
Total 7

References
  1. "DEVON AND CORNWALL RAILWAYS LIMITED". Companies House. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  2. "Cappagh Limited: Financial Statements". Companies House. 31 March 2019. p. 25.
  3. "British American Railway Services Limited: Annual report and financial statements". Companies House. 31 December 2017. p. 30.
  4. "Devon and Cornwall Railways Limited". RMS Locotec.
  5. Iowa Pacific Holdings. "About us".
  6. "About". Dartmoor Railway. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  7. Joint, Laura (29 March 2010). "Okehampton to Exeter railway line back on track". BBC News.
  8. "DCR Applies for Oakhampton-Exeter service" Today's Railways UK issue 101 May 2010 page 13
  9. "BARS acquires five DBSOs" Rail Express issue 185 October 2011 page 63
  10. "BARS acquires Hanson Traction to boost UK portfolio" Rail issue 655 20 October 2010 page 22
  11. "British American takes over Hanson Traction" The Railway Magazine issue 1316 December 2010 page 6
  12. "European Freight Licence" (PDF). Office of Rail Regulation. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  13. "Main line freight licence for Devon & Cornwall Railways" The Railway Magazine issue 1319 March 2011 page 10
  14. "Devon & Cornwall operates first trains" Today's Railways UK issue 115 July 2011 page 60
  15. "DC Rail Sale" Railways Illustrated issue 179 January 2018 page 16
  16. BARS locomotive fleet broken up Rail Express issue 260 January 2018 page 13
  17. DCRail snaps up four stored 60s Rail issue 875 27 March 2019 page 32
  18. DCRail gets first Class 60 - William Wilberforce] The Railway Magazine issue 1425 December 2019 page 105
  19. Clinnick, Richard (24 December 2019). "Rebuilt and overhauled '60' bolsters DCRail fleet". Rail magazine. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

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