Harry Needle Railroad Company

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Harry Needle Railroad Company
Company typePrivate
Industry Rail
Founded1998
FounderHarry Needle
Headquarters
Barrow Hill Engine Shed
,
England
ProductsLocomotive Spot Hire and Maintenance/Repair
ServicesMainline and Shunting Locomotive Hire, Maintenance, Repairs and Heavy Overhauls
Parent Swietelsky

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' sites, 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 [5] [6] As at October 2019, this was being used to store withdrawn InterCity 225s and Class 345s awaiting the opening of the Elizabeth line.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]

In January 2025, the business was sold to Swietelsky. [8] [9]

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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 . 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. No. 880. 5 June 2019. p. 29.
  8. ↑ Rail support firm acquired by Austrian company in 8 figure deal Derbyshire Times 14 January 2025
  9. ↑ Swietelsky purchases Harry Needle Railroad Co International Railway Journal 15 January 2025

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