Are "Hupac" cars normally found only in Hupac trains or do the cars get shuffled all over the place as used to be the case when the cars belonged to the national railways?

I have some AAE cars which just list AAE. Others have "leased to" markings and provide a specific operator.
Can I mix all different operator cars in one consist or would those normally only be used in specific combinations or consists?

So far I have a mix of Samskip, Geest and VanDieren on assorted cars (Roco, Kombimodell and Maerklin), Ewals and Crossrail (Roco and Maerklin), SBB Cargo (Roco, Fleischmann, Maerklin and Maerklin-Staiber) and one assorted lot of Hupac cars (Maerklin).

Regards

Mike C

Hi Mike,

From my observations (mainly in the UK), you can safely mix and match wagons from various leasing companies - I believe that AAE has even been taken over by VTG now. In fact, in the UK, the rail franchise operators actually own very little of their own stock - it's all owned by leasing companies (banks). From what I have read, this is certainly becoming more and more of the standard practice in a lot of Europe. I certainly have seen VTG, Geest and Rail Freight liveried stock together in one train (in London). I frequently even see locos near me that are liveried for "DB Schenker"! I gues the only restriction for a lot of modern, European rolling stock is loading gauge, axel weight, etc.

Kind regards,
Carim