UK Rail Leasing

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DCRail extends maintenance deal with UKRL

DCRail has entered a new three-year locomotive servicing contract with Leicester-based UK Rail Leasing to maintain its Class 60 fleet.

UK Rail Leasing 16 Aug

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GB Railfreight buys 16 Class 56s from UK Rail Leasing

“This is an important deal for us as it provides much needed capacity for our expanding business" - GB Railfreight Managing Director John Smith

15 Jun

UK Rail Leasing 56098 at Wansford on April 8. JOHN RUDD.

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Freight fleets star at Nene Valley Railway diesel gala

Locomotives from DB Cargo, GB Railfreight and UK Rail Leasing starred at the Nene Valley Railway diesel gala on April 8-10, alongside two Class 47s.

11 Apr

UK Rail Leasing 56098 passes Uffington on the 1034 Leicester-Wansford. PETER FOSTER.

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UK Rail Leasing Class 56 takes prototype High Speed Train to Nene Valley Railway

Visitors for this weekend's Nene Valley Railway gala were taken to Wansford today (April 7) by UK Rail Leasing 56098 The Lost Boys.

7 Apr

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UKRL offers re-engineered ‘56s’ as a heavy haul solution

Class 56s could be re-engineered with new power units as a cost-effective solution to the freight industry’s need for heavy haul locomotives.

1 Feb

UKRL 37905 (left), 56081 and the Class 56 Group's 56006 stand at Leicester on January 15. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Inside UK Rail Leasing's Leicester depot

RICHARD CLINNICK presents a selection of images from a visit to UK Rail Leasing's Leicester workshop.

18 Jan

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Progress on preserved Romanian Class 56

Work continues on Class 56 Group’s 56006 at UK Rail’s Leicester depot – could it run next year?

30 Nov

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Freightliner hires UK Rail Leasing Class 56

Freightliner Heavy Haul has confirmed to RAIL it is hiring 56081 from UK Rail Leasing, and that more could follow

18 Nov

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Who owns UK's main line locomotives

RICHARD CLINNICK presents a guide to all the locomotive sales from the past two years

Locomotives 5 Feb

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UK Rail Leasing’s in-demand ‘56s’ set for overhauls

Thirteen of the 15 Class 56s owned by UK Rail Leasing are likely to be overhauled, with the company revealing to RAIL that there is a demand for the locomotives

8 Jan

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UK's stored locomotives

RICHARD CLINNICK looks at how many of the UK's locomotives are stored… and what might happen to them

Locomotives 6 Feb