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===Spot-hire companies=== Spot-hire companies provide short-term leasing of rolling stock. * MiddlePeak Railways, a locomotive hire & lease company with a stock of locomotives similar to [[British Rail Class 08|Class 08]] & [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen|NS]] 0-6-0 [[NS 600 Class|600 Class]] shunting locomotives, other locomotives, rolling stock & parts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.middlepeak.co.uk/locomotives.htm |title=MiddlePeak Railways Ltd β Shunter Lok/Loco/Loc hire β Locomotive & Rolling Stock; hire & Leasing!! Railshunters β rangeerlocomotieven |publisher=Middlepeak.co.uk |access-date=20 May 2014 |archive-date=17 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117024648/http://www.middlepeak.co.uk/locomotives.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.middlepeak.co.uk/railway.htm|title=MiddlePeak Railways|website=middlepeak.co.uk|access-date=27 March 2018|archive-date=15 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515231901/https://www.middlepeak.co.uk/railway.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> * GL Railease owned by [[GATX]] Capital, and Lombard, a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland. * [[Harry Needle Railroad Company]], an industrial and main line locomotive hire and overhaul company. Operates [[British Rail Class 08|Class 08]] shunting locomotives, and [[British Rail Class 20|Class 20]] locomotives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hnrc.co.uk/|title=HNRC β Harry Needle Railroad Company|access-date=28 April 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040520002808/http://www.hnrc.co.uk/|archive-date=20 May 2004}}</ref> *[[Riviera Trains]], a spot-hire company with a fleet of [[British Rail Class 47|Class 47]] locomotives. This company works closely with [[DB Cargo UK]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.riviera-trains.co.uk/ |title= Welcome to Riviera Trains |access-date= 13 March 2012 |archive-date= 7 February 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120207092126/http://www.riviera-trains.co.uk/ |url-status= live }}</ref> *[[West Coast Railways]], a spot-hire and railtour-operator with a stock of [[British Rail Class 37|Class 37]] and [[British Rail Class 47|Class 47]] locomotives, as well as the rebuilt [[British Rail Class 57|Class 57]] locomotive. * Eastern Rail Services, a rolling stock spot hire company, providing leasing and hire, acquisition, parts supply and overhaul and technical advice.
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