The Peak Locomotive Company is a private limited company No. 01593522. It was incorporated on 26 October 1981 as the Peak Locomotive Preservation Company Limited, adopting its present name in 1992.<ref>[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01593522 Companies House]</ref>
In 1982 the company acquired [[Diesel Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas|Type 4 D4 ''Great Gable'' ]] (later numbered 44004),<ref>[http://www.gedholmes.co.uk/content/peak-locomotive-company Peak Locomotive Company, ''Ged Holmes'']</ref> one of the first ten named Class 44s.