Harry Needle Railroad Company

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Harry Needle Railroad Company
TypePrivate
IndustryRail
Founded1998
Headquarters
Barrow 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,[1] 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 site, or at the European Metal Recycling scrapyard in Kingsbury.

HNRC was established in 1998.[2] It adopted an orange livery.[3] In 2002 it introduced a yellow, white and black livery.[4]

In 2019, HNRC purchased DB Cargo UK's Worksop depot.[5][6] As at October 2019, this was being used to store withdrawn InterCity 225s and Class 345s awaiting the opening of the Elizabeth line.[7]

Fleet Details[]

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Key: Operational Maintained by HNRC Withdrawn/Stored Preserved Sold for Scrap Sold for Further Use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
01515 01/5 - DLO Pink/White stripe 2013 ex-MOD (Surplus) Stored at Barrow Hill
01520 01/5 - DLO Pink/White stripe 2013 ex-MOD (Surplus) Operational at Ferrybridge Power stations
01526 01/5 - DLO Pink/White stripe 2013 ex-MOD (Surplus) Stored at the Wensleydale Railway
01529 01/5 - DLO Pink/White stripe 2013 ex-MOD (Surplus) Stored at the Wensleydale Railway
01530 01/5 - DLO Pink/White stripe 2013 ex-MOD (Surplus) Operational at the East Kent Railway
01543 01/5 - DLO Pink/White stripe 2013 ex-MOD (Surplus) Operational at Ferrybridge power stations
01544 01/5 - DLO Pink/White stripe 2013 ex-MOD (Surplus) Operational at HNRC Worksop
01545 01/5 - DLO Pink/White stripe 2013 ex-MOD (Surplus) Operational at HNRC Worksop
01546 01/5 - DLO Pink/White stripe 2013 ex-MOD (Surplus) Operational at the East Kent Railway
01547 01/5 - DLO Pink/White stripe 2013 ex-MOD (Surplus) Operational at Long Marston
06003 06 - BR Blue 1989 ex-British Rail Sold and Preserved at Peak Rail in 2011
07001 07 - HNRC Orange 1989 ex-British Rail Sold and Preserved at Peak Rail in 2012
07013 07 - BR Blue 1992 ex-British Rail Sold and Preserved at the East Lancashire Railway in 2013
08389 08 - EW&S red 2009 ex-EWS active at
08481 08 - BR Blue 2005 ex-EWS Unknown
08502 08 Lybert Dickinson Non-Standard Blue - ex-Industrial Preserved at East Kent Railway in 2019, previously worked at Garston Car Terminal.
08503 08 - ICI Blue - ex-Industrial Sold, Vale of Glamorgan Railway, stored out of use at Barry Tourist Railway
08507 08 - Riviera Oxford Blue 1993 ex-British Rail Sold to Riviera Trains at Crewe in 2013
08527 08 - DCE Grey 2006 ex-Bombardier Operational, Attero Recycling, Rossington
08685 08 - EWS red 2009 ex-EWS Preserved at East Kent Railway since 2017.
08700 08 - BR Blue 2014 ex-Preserved the East Lancashire Railway Operational, Ilford EMU Depot
08704 08 - BR Green 2009 ex-Industrial Sold to Riviera Trains at Crewe in 2013
08707 08 - BR Blue 1993 ex-British Rail Sold for scrap 2005
08742 08 - EW&S 2016 ex-EWS Stored at Barrow Hill
08765 08 - HN Rail Orange 2008 ex-EWS Awaiting Reactivation at Barrow Hill
08786 08 - DCE Grey 2008 ex-EWS Stored at Barrow Hill
08818 08 Molly HNRC Orange 2000 ex-EWS Operational, Trafford Park
08825 08 - BR Blue 2005 ex-EWS Preserved on the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway
08834 08 - Unbranded DRS Oxford Blue 2010 ex-Direct Rail Services Operational, At Allerton TMD
08868 08 - London & North Western Railway 1992 ex-British Rail Sold to LNWR at Crewe
08892 08 - Unbranded DRS Oxford Blue 2010 ex-Direct Rail Services Operational - Old Dalby Test Track, Ashfordby
08905 08 - EW&S 2005 ex-EWS Stored at Hope Cement Works, Castleton
08918 08 - DCE Grey 2005 ex-EWS Stored at Nemesis Rail, Burton-upon-Trent
08924 08 - HN Rail Orange 2009 ex-EWS Operational, Garston
08936 08 - HNRC Orange 1993 ex-British Rail Sold to Cotswold Rail in 2004
08943 08 - HNRC Orange - ex-EWS Operational, Central Rivers TMD
08944 08 - Railshunt UK Black 2015 ex-Preserved at the East Lancashire Railway Stored at the East Lancashire Railway
08954 08 - BR Blue - ex-EWS Sold in 2011 (Polmadie)
08956 08 - Serco Blue Since 2012 Owned by Serco Operational - Old Dalby Test Track, Ashfordby
09012 09 Dick Hardy BR Green - ex-EWS Sold and preserved at the Severn Valley Railway in 2012
09014 09 - DCE Grey - ex-EWS Stored at Nemesis Rail, Burton-upon-Trent
09019 09 - BR Green 2010 ex-EWS Sold and preserved at West Somerset Railway in 2013
09106 09 - HN Rail Orange 2017 ex-DB Cargo UK Operational at Cardiff Celsa Steelworks
D4092 10 - BR Green - ex-Industrial Withdrawn/Stored. On Display at Barrow Hill as the loco was based at the Depot under BR
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.[8] Preserved at Mid Hants Railway.
12083 11 - BR Blue 1998 ex-Industrial Preserved at Battlefield Line in 2006
12088 11 - BR Blue 1992 ex-Industrial Withdrawn to the Aln Valley Railway, awaiting restoration.
20016 20 - BR Blue 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services Withdrawn, Long Marston
20056 20 - Corus Yellow 2005 ex-Preserved Stored at Scunthorpe Steel Works, previously used there.
20057 20 - BR Blue 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services Sold to Michael Owen in 2013, currently preserved at Churnet Valley Railway.
20066 20 - Tata Blue/Yellow 2004 ex-Direct Rail Services On Hire To Hope Valley Cement Works.
20069 20 - BR Blue 2016 ex-Preserved
20073 20 - BR Blue 2004 ex-Direct Rail Services Sold for scrap in 2006
20081 20 - BR Blue 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services Withdrawn, Long Marston
20087 20 Hercules BR Blue 2015 ex-Preserved the East Lancashire Railway Undergoing repair at Battlefield Line Railway
20088 20 - RFS Grey 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services Withdrawn, Long Marston
20092 20 - RFS Grey 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services Withdrawn, Long Marston
20096 20 - BR Blue 2011 ex-Preserved (Trevor Dean) Sold to Locomotive Services in 2020.
20105 20 - RFS Grey 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services Scrapped in 2010
20107 20 - BR Blue 2006 ex-Preserved Sold to Locomotive Services in 2020
20110 20 - BR Green 2013 ex-Preserved South Devon Railway Operational at the Battlefield Line Railway
20118 20 Saltburn-by-the-Sea Railfreight Distribution Grey/Red Solebar 2010 ex-Preserved South Devon Railway and North Norfolk Railway Mainline Operational, On loan to Rail Operations Group since March 2020.
20121 20 - HN Rail Orange 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services Stored at Barrow Hill
20132 20 Barrow Hill Depot Railfreight Distribution Grey/Red Solebar 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services Mainline Operational, On loan to Rail Operations Group since March 2020.
20166 20 - HN Rail Orange 1995 ex-Preserved Bodmin & Wenford Railway At the Wensleydale Railway
20168 20 Sir George Earle White with Black Solebar. 2001 ex-EWS Operational - On hire at Hope Cement Works
20215 20 - Railfreight Distribution Grey/Red Solebar 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services Scrapped by CF Booth in 2009
20311 20 - HN Rail Orange 2011 ex-Direct Rail Services Mainline Operational, On loan to Rail Operations Group since March 2020.
20314 20 - HN Rail Orange 2011 ex-Direct Rail Services Mainline Operational, On loan to Rail Operations Group since March 2020.
20901 20 - GBRf Blue & Gold 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services Stored at Worksop. Being prepared for service.[9]
20902 20 - DRS Blue 2004 ex-Direct Rail Services Sold for scrap in 2010
20903 20 - Unbranded DRS Blue 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services Stored at Nemesis Rail, Burton-upon-Trent
20904 20 - Unbranded DRS Blue 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services Stored at Nemesis Rail, Burton-upon-Trent
20905 20 - GBRf Blue & Gold 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services Stored at Barrow Hill.
20906 20 - White with full yellow Ends 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services Operational - On hire at Hope Cement Works
31113 31 - Civil Engineers 2004 ex-EWS Sold for scrap in 2008
31465 31 - Regional Railways

(currently in network rail yellow)

2003 ex-EWS Sold to Network Rail in 2008, preserved at the Nene Valley Railway in 2017, moved to Weardale Railway in 2018.
31514 31 - Civil Engineers 2004 ex-EWS Preserved on Ecclesbourne Valley Railway in 2005
33002 33 - Civil Engineers 2004 ex-Direct Rail Services Preserved on South Devon Railway in 2005
33008 33 - BR Green 2004 ex-Direct Rail Services Preserved at Battlefield Line
33019 33 - Civil Engineers 2002 ex-EWS Preserved at Battlefield Line
33053 33 - Trainload Aggregates 2004 ex-Direct Rail Services Preserved on Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway in 2006
33057 33 - Civil Engineers 2004 ex-Direct Rail Services Preserved on West Somerset Railway in 2005
33202 33 The Burma Star Civil Engineers 2002 ex-EWS Sold to FM Rail in 2003
33203 33 - Railfreight Distribution 2004 ex-Direct Rail Services Sold for scrap in 2006
37010 37 - Civil Engineers 2005 ex-EWS Sold for scrap in 2007
37029 37 - BR Green 2008 ex-Direct Rail Services Preserved on Epping Ongar Railway in 2010
37037 37 - Trainload Metals 2003 ex-EWS Preserved on South Devon Railway in 2004
37057 37 Viking EW&S 2009 ex-EWS Sold and Preserved at Barrow Hill Engine Shed in 2012
37068 37 - Railfreight Distribution 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services Sold for scrap in 2005
37079 37 - Railfreight Distribution 2001 ex-EWS Sold for scrap in 2008
37087 37 Vulcan Avro B1 & B2 HNRC Orange 2002 ex-EWS Sold to Direct Rail Services in 2005; then scrapped by CF Booth in 2013
37100 37 - Network Rail Yellow 2006 ex-EWS Reinstated for use with Network Rail in 2007 as 97301
37131 37 - Trainload Freight Grey 2005 ex-EWS Preserved at Peak Rail in 2005
37170 37 - Network Rail Yellow 2005 ex-EWS Reinstated for use with Network Rail in 2008 as 97302
37178 37 - Network Rail Yellow 2005 ex-EWS Reinstated for use with Network Rail in 2008 as 97303
37194 37 Neil Webster 1957-2001 HNRC Orange 2002 ex-EWS Sold to Direct Rail Services in 2005
37201 37 - Civil Engineers (Trans-Rail) 2002 ex-EWS Preserved at Barrow Hill Engine Shed in 2004
37214 37 - BR Blue 2006 ex-Preserved Sold to West Coast Railways in 2006
37217 37 John Tiley Network Rail Yellow 2006 ex-EWS Reinstated for use with Network Rail in 2008 as 97304
37220 37 - EW&S 2006 ex-EWS Sold for scrap 2007
37227 37 - Trainload Freight Grey 2002 ex-EWS Preserved on Battlefield Line in 2003
37235 37 - Trainload Freight Grey 2002 ex-EWS Scrapped in 2008
37242 37 - Mainline Freight 2002 ex-EWS Sold for scrap in 2005
37254 37 - Civil Engineers 2001 ex-EWS Sold for preservation in 2003
37275 37 - BR Blue 2012 ex-Preserved Sold and Preserved on South Devon Railway in 2013
37334 37 - Railfreight Distribution 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services Sold for scrap in 2005
37415 37 - EW&S 2009 ex-EWS Sold for scrap in 2013
37428 37 Loch Long / Loch Awe Royal Scotsman 2009 ex-EWS Scrapped by CF Booth in 2013
37503 37 - EW&S 2011 ex-EWS Sold to Direct Rail Services in 2013
37510 37 - InterCity 2003 ex-EWS Sold to Direct Rail Services in 2005
37515 37 - HNRC Orange 2003 ex-EWS Sold to Direct Rail Services in 2005, Scrapped in 2010
37521 37 English China Clays EW&S 2011 ex-EWS Sold to Direct Rail Services in 2013
37610 37 - BR blue Small Logo with full yellow ends 2017 ex-Direct Rail Services on loan to Colas Rail
37612 37 - debranded DRS Blue 2017 ex-Direct Rail Services On loan to Colas Rail
37667 37 - EW&S 2005 ex-EWS Sold to Direct Rail Services in 2006
37670 37 DBS Red 2011 ex-DBS Sold to Direct Rail Services in 2013
37672 37 - Trans-Rail 2006 ex-EWS Scrapped in December 2010
37680 37 - Trainload Aggregates 2006 ex-EWS Scrapped on Christmas Eve, 2010
37696 37 - Trans-Rail 2008 ex-EWS Sold for scrap in 2013
37704 37 - EW&S 2005 ex-EWS Scrapped in 2009
37898 37 - Trans-Rail 2004 ex-EWS Scrapped by European Metal Recycling in 2011
37902 37 - Trainload Metals 2005 ex-Direct Rail Services Sold for scrap in 2005
45112 45 Royal Army Ordnance Corps BR Blue - ex-Preserved Sold to Nemesis Rail, Burton-upon-Trent
47245 47 - Railfreight Distribution 2003 ex-EWS Sold to West Coast Railways in 2004
47492 47 - Rail Express Systems 2003 ex-EWS Sold to West Coast Railways in 2010
47703 47 Saint Mungo Fragonset Railways 2008 ex-Cotswold Rail Operational - On hire to Wabtec for heating InterCity 225 sets at Doncaster Works
47714 47 - Anglia Railways Turquoise 2008 ex-Cotswold Rail Operational - Based at Old Dalby Test Track
47715 47 Haymarket[10] Network SouthEast Blue/White/Red 2013 ex-Preserved Carriage warmer at Worksop yard[11]
47768 47 - Green Primer 2005 ex-EWS Preserved on Vale of Glamorgan Railway in 2005. Bought and stored by West Coast Railways in 2011
47769 47 Resolve Green Primer/Virgin CrossCountry 2013 ex-Riviera Trains Stored at Barrow Hill
47812 47 - Riviera Oxford Blue Since 2014 Owned by Riviera Trains Sold to Rail Operations Group in 2016[12]
47815 47 Great Western Riviera Oxford Blue Since 2014 Owned by Riviera Trains Sold to Rail Operations Group in 2016[12]
47829 47 - British Transport Police 2008 ex-Riviera Trains Scrapped by CF Booth in 2013
47843 47 Vulcan Riviera Oxford Blue Since 2014 Owned by Riviera Trains Sold to Rail Operations Group in 2016[12]
47847 47 - BR Large Logo Blue Since 2015 Owned by Riviera Trains Sold to Rail Operations Group in 2016[12]
47848 47 Titan Star Riviera Oxford Blue Since 2015 Owned by Riviera Trains Sold to Rail Operations Group in 2016[12]
D9016 55 Gordon Highlander BR Green 2008 ex-Preserved Sold to Martin Walker in 2009
56029 56 - Trans-Rail 2005 ex-EWS Sold to Jarvis in 2005
56034 56 - Loadhaul 2005 ex-EWS Sold to Jarvis in 2005
56045 56 - Loadhaul 2004 ex-EWS Sold to Jarvis in 2005
56124 56 - Trans-Rail 2004 ex-EWS Sold to Jarvis in 2005
57005 57 - Advenza Freight Blue 2009 ex-Advenza Freight Sold to West Coast Railways in 2011
57006 57 - Advenza Freight Blue 2009 ex-Advenza Freight Sold to West Coast Railways in 2011
73141 73 - InterCity Executive 2002 ex-EWS Sold to Network Rail in 2003

Scrapped locomotives[]

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. Details of all locomotives scrapped are shown below. Those listed in bold were dismantled at Kingsbury.

Class Locomotive Numbers Total
08: 216, 239, 390, 448, 449, 542, 576, 601, 607, 625, 634, 666, 668, 692, 707, 723, 817, 829, 932, 957 20
11: 12074, 098 2
20: 105, 113, 145, 159, 175, 902 6
31: 125, 147, 168, 174, 196, 229, 263, 275, 282–3, 286, 299, 306, 308, 320, 428, 516, 541, 548 19
33: 023, 038, 205 3
37: 013, 045, 048, 063, 070, 072, 078, 095, 098, 111, 133, 138, 141, 209, 222, 252, 331–2, 343, 345, 359, 384, 711, 713, 715, 889, 903 27
47: 095, 125, 188, 213, 218, 221, 238, 256, 283, 294, 297–300, 331, 341, 344, 361, 462, 478, 515, 535, 539, 634, 702, 711, 745, 764, 766, 774–5, 777-9, 829, 844, 971 35
50: 023 1
56: 019, 047, 123, 135 4
73: 004 1
86: 611, 631 2
87: 101 1
TOTAL: 112

References[]

  1. ^ Railfest2004 Archived 9 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 13 August 2008
  2. ^ Needle forms Midland & Northern Railroad The Railway Magazine issue 1162 February 1998 page 13
  3. ^ Now its day-glo orange for main line locomotives The Railway Magazine issue 1182 October 1999 page 13
  4. ^ Harry unveils new livery The Railway Magazine issue 1218 October 2002 page 9
  5. ^ HNRC buys Worksop depot as part of expansion plans Rail issue 870 16 January 2019 page 22
  6. ^ Harry Needle Railroad Co expands with £6m Worksop depot takeover The Railway Magazine issue 1416 March 2019 page 8
  7. ^ First LNER Mk4s taken to Worksop for storage Rail issue 880 5 June 2019 page 29
  8. ^ "End of the Line: Withdrawn & Stored Locomotives UK". www.wnxx.com. 1 November 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  9. ^ Clinnick, Richard (27 July 2020). "20901 returning to traffic". Twitter.
  10. ^ "Renaming Ceremony Following Restoration and Repainting of Class 47 Diesel Locomotive". 2 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  11. ^ HNRC 47 moved to Worksop Today's Railways UK issue 212 August 2019 page 63
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e ROG buys five Riviera Class 47s Today's Railways UK issue 176 August 2016 page 60

External links[]

Media related to Harry Needle Railroad Company at Wikimedia Commons

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