Rolling stock company

Last updated December 20, 2025

A rolling stock company (ROSCO) or rolling stock leasing company owns and maintains railway engines and carriages which are leased to train operating companies.

Africa

Sheltam Grindrod ^[1]
Swifambo Rail Leasing^[2]

Australia

Rail First Asset Management

Canada

Bombardier Transportation (Sold to Alstom SA in 2021)

Europe

United Kingdom

ROSCOs began to be used when British Rail was privatised, beginning in 1994.^[3]

United States

Chicago Freight Car Leasing Company (CFCL)

References

↑ Railways Africa 2007/6 p. 6
↑ "rail mobility at its best". Swifambo Holdings. 18 May 2014. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
↑ "Railway passenger franchises" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 23 May 2018. p. 5. Retrieved 27 May 2025.

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[1] Railways Africa 2007/6 p. 6

[2] "rail mobility at its best". Swifambo Holdings. 18 May 2014. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.

[3] "Railway passenger franchises" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 23 May 2018. p. 5. Retrieved 27 May 2025.

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