Riley and Son
Riley & Son (E) Ltd, is a railway locomotive engineering and refurbishment company, based in Bury, Greater Manchester.
Under its previous guise as Ian Riley Engineering, it operated as a spot-hire company. The company has been a leader in main line steam haulage for some time, being one of the pioneers of fitting air brake, TPWS and OTMR equipment to their locomotives.
Ian Riley Engineering
Under the original name of Ian Riley Engineering, the company used to own a fleet of Class 37 diesel locomotives. But due to lack of work, they were gradually sold to other operators. The final four locomotives were sold to the West Coast Railway Company in May 2004.
Fleet
| Key: | In service | Under overhaul/restoration | Under repair | Withdrawn | Stored | Sold for scrap | Sold for further use |
|---|
| Number | Class | Name | Year Acquired by Riley & Son (E) Ltd | Previous Owner | Livery | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37038 | 37 | 2000 | ex-EWS | Civil Engineers | Sold to Direct Rail Services in 2003, where it is currently operational. | |
| 37073 | 37 | 2003 | ex-EWS | Trans-Rail | Scrapped in 2003. | |
| 37197 | 37 | 2000 | ex-EWS | IRE Two Tone Green | Scrapped by Direct Rail Services in 2012. | |
| 37235 | 37 | 2002 | ex-EWS | Trainload Grey | Scrapped by Harry Needle Railroad Company in 2008. | |
| 37261 | 37 | 2001 | ex-EWS | BR Green | Sold to WCRCin 2004; then onto Direct Rail Services, where it has since been stripped for spares. Sold to The Scottish Thirty Seven Group for long-term restoration and moved from Barrow Hill to Bo'ness in July 2015. | |
| 37334 | 37 | 2001 | ex-EWS | Railfreight Distribution | Scrapped by CF Booth Limited in 2005. | |
| 37423 | 37 | 2003 | ex-EWS | Trans-Rail | Sold to WCRC, 2004; then onto Direct Rail Services, where it is currently operational. | |
| 37518 | 37 | Fort William/An Gearasdan | 2011 | Steven Beniston | Intercity Swallow | Mainline operational - Sold to WCRC in 2013. |
| 35009 | SR Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 | Shaw Savill | ex-Woodham Brothers | Stored dismantled, previously had red regulator handle.[1] Riley has now taken on the restoration, expected to be restored to British Railways Express Passenger Blue. | ||
| 35018 | SR Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 | British India Line | Jeremy Hosking | Sold to David Smith at West Coast Railways at Carnforth and undergoing restoration to mainline standard. | ||
| 44871 | LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 | Previously "Sovereign" | 2007 | The Beet Family (Dr Peter Beet) | BR Lined Mixed-Traffic Black, Early emblem | Mainline operational. Regulator not painted red, and appears on rail tours such as The Jacobite. |
| 45212 | LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 | - | BR Lined Mixed-Traffic Black, Late crest | Operational. On 5 year loan agreement which will see it operate on the national network. | ||
| 45407 | LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 | The Lancashire Fusilier | 1997 | Paddy Smith | BR Lined Mixed-Traffic Black, Early emblem | Mainline operational. Appears on rail tours such as The Jacobite. |
| 76079 | BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0 | 1998 | Derek Foster | BR Lined Mixed-Traffic Black, Early emblem | Sold to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in 27 August 2009. | |
Flying Scotsman restoration
In 2006 the company began work on the Flying Scotsman locomotive as part of a £4.2m restoration project that was completed in 2016.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Riley, Ian. "For sale: Loco No. 35009 'Shaw Saville' ". [sic] (advertisement). Riley & Son (E) Ltd. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
- ↑ "About - Flying Scotsman". National Railway Museum.
- ↑ "Restoring the nation's favourite: Bury rail yard working to repair the Flying Scotsman". Manchester Evening News.