rt rail was a small british railway spot-hire company, a subsidiary of ealing community transport (ect), that specialised in class 08 shunting locomotives. it was sold in 2008 to british american railway services along with ect's other rail assets. it is now part of the locomotive hire division of their subsidiary company, rms locotec ltd.http://www.rmslocotec.com/#/bars/4534068135 its fleet was available to hire to both industrial and railway operators. customers included bombardier transportation at ilford works, freightliner, first scotrail at inverness, and silverlink. the company also owned two class 73 locomotives, and a single class 20 locomotive which was placed on loan to the weardale railway. ==fleet details== {| class="wikitable" |- !key: |in service | style="background:#ffcocb;"|withdrawn | style="background:#87cefa;"|preserved | style="background:#98fb98;"|under repair | style="background:#cecece;"|scrapped |} {| class="wikitable" |- !number !class !align=left|livery !align=left|status !align=left|notes |- |align=center|08308 |align=center|08 |caledonian sleeper |operational |on hire to first scotrail, inverness |- |align=center|08375 |align=center|08 |rt rail black |operational |- | style="background:#87cefa; text-align:center;"|08436 | style="background:#87cefa; text-align:center;"|08 |bgcolor=87cefa|rt rail black |bgcolor=87cefa|preserved |bgcolor=87cefa|preserved at swanage railway in 2004 |- | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:center;"|08493 | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:center;"|08 |bgcolor=98fb98|br blue |bgcolor=98fb98|stored |bgcolor=98fb98|pending overhaul |- |align=center|08523 |align=center|08 |mainline freight blue |operational |on hire to albion chemicals, sandbach |- | style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|08529 | style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|08 | style="background:pink;"|br blue | style="background:pink;"|stored | style="background:pink;"|pending overhaul |- | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:center;"|08535 | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:center;"|08 |bgcolor=98fb98|br grey |bgcolor=98fb98|stored |bgcolor=98fb98|pending overhaul |- |align=center|08573 |align=center|08 |rt rail black |operational |on hire to first scotrail, inverness |- |align=center|08588 |align=center|08 |rt rail black |operational |- |align=center|08613 |align=center|[[b
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