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Departmental Track Machines/MPV's
Pieces of Motorized Plant invaluable for maintaining the Network---Invariably painted Yellow with a few rare exceptions(MPV's).
A pair of interesting looking NR Track Machines which sadly remain unidentified are seen approaching Clink Road Junction in Frome as '6Q55' the 11:05 from Westbury Up-TC tripping down to Taunton's Fairwater Yard.
..17 july 2023..
This crew trainer/route learner has now been running regularly for quite some considerable time. Here is '6Q08' the 09:59 from Swindon Xfer and return via Westbury,Taunton and Bristol.The Plant being used are DR73922 &DR73913.Not really much other work for them currently as the electrification work in the West is on hold for the foreseeable future.
..1 august 2022..
This crew trainer/route learner has now been running regularly for quite some considerable time. Here is '6Q08' the 09:59 from Swindon Xfer and return via Westbury,Taunton and Bristol.The Plant being used are DR73922 &DR73913.Not really much other work for them currently as the electrification work in the West is on hold for the foreseeable future.
..1 august 2022..
Barely 6 minutes after the previous piece of Track Plant 'DR73907' this one appeared! It is DR76913/73911 and was used originally to help with the GWR electrification between Paddington and Bristol/Cardiff.However today it is seen on a route/staff training run between Swindon Transfer and return via Taunton and Bristol.Listed as 6Q08' it left Swindon at 10:31 and is viewed at Fairwood nr Westbury.
..16 june 2022..
Colas liveried Track Machine DR73907 runs away from Westbury with '6J89' the 09:13 from Reading Triange Sdg's heading down to Taunton.Viewed at Fairwood nr Westbury.
..16 june 2022..
This particular working has run quite regularly over the last few weeks probably as a crew training excercise.It is listed as '6Q08' the 08:30 from Swindon-Transfer to Swindon-Transfer via Reading,the B&H and Bristol-Parkway and on to Swindon. The Units being DR76911/DR76913 which is one of the machines used a few years ago to install bases for the OHLE equipment on the GWR routes West of Paddington.
..5 april 2022..
A very well kept looking Track Machine DR75011 carrying a cast nameplate 'Andrew Smith' rolls into thr Down Yard here ay Westbury from Newbury Racecourse from where it departed at 11:46.
..8 february 2022..
This is an interesting piece of Track Mtce Equipment. Apparantly it is a Pandrol Jackson Plain Line Stone Blower used for initial levelling track after it has been freshly installed.This one being DR80205.Viewed running down through Berkley marsh nr Frome as '6U25' the 10:25 from Westbury going to Tavistock Junction.
..1 november 2021..
And now for something completely different!--------------This is a Plasser & Theurer 09-4x4/4S Dynamic Tamper number DR75011.I think it must be still quite new. it was going from Bristol-Kingsland Road (12:34 off) to Castle-Cary Up Siding as '6Q89'.Pictured at Clink in Frome.
..01 october 2021..
Another piece of Track Plant from Newbury Race-Course this time going only as far as Taunton was this Harsco Switch and Crossings Rail Grinder.Unsure of the identity but the working was listed as 6U03' the 11:48 from Newbury Race Course to Taunton.Seen nr Berkley.
..6 november 2020..
Here is DR73924 a Plasser&Theurer 08-16/4x4 C100-RT Tamper. Now wearing the latest Colas colours and logo's.It was on transfer from Newbury Race-Course (10:20 off) to Exeter-Waggoners Walk as '6J39'. Seen at a now very autumnal Styles Hill on the Frome Avoiding line.
..6 november 2020..
This is DR75011 a Unimat 09-4x4/45 Dynamic Track Machine from Plasser&Theurar operated by Colas-Rail in its striking almost totally orange livery.The very new looking machine was travelling from Castle-Cary(CE) up to Reading Triangle Sidings.Pictured at Clink nr Frome.
..18 may 2020..
Colas's Track-Machine DR75407 motors up through Berkley nr Frome with a working that left Taunton at 10:41 going up to Bristol-Kingsland Road.Originally this was suppose to go via Bridgewater but came this way instead.Since it was Christmas Eve the railways freight-wise are very quiet.I only popped out for this because it was listed a loco-hauled and the sun was out... Oh well!
..24 december 2019..
This is the 06:15 RHTT-mpv that tours most of the south during the day ending up back at base at Totton Yard just after 16:00 in the afternoon,a 10 hour duty.MPV-DR98922/98972 still in early Network rail colours is seen passing the now deserted and abandoned Millbrook inland Freightliners terminal. Note the completely rusty rails leading off the mainline into that facility.
..16 october 2019..
This is an interesting little machine.Named 'Eric Machell' as DR75406 this Colas liveried 'Matisa' Tamper is seen passing the Frome area with '6J83,'a transfer move from Exeter Waggoners Way (09:35 off) to Slough Estates.
..13 september 2019..
This is a Pandrol jackson Plain Line Stoneblower No-DR80205 operated by Network Rail passing berkley Marsh nr Frome en-route from Didcot Fuelling Point going down to St Erith CF Sidings as '6U25'. The odd looking machine is a techinchak wonder and is used to digitally assess and adjust the level of the stone ballast on the track.
..15 august 2019..
This pair of Track Machines DR77909 & DR73120 running as '6Q53' up from Taunton's Fairwater yard (09:56 off) to Swindon-Transfer.All very solid and metallic with no plastic used in their construction whatsoever!
..5 july 2019..
This is an interesting looking beast! Apparantly it is a RT/Plasser&Theurer USP6000NR Ballast Regulator.EU no-99 70 9125210-7 or if you prefer DR77010. Here seen travelling up through Clink nr Frome with '6Q57' a movement from Taunton's Fairwater Yard going to Lydney Junction.All part of the railway scene hence the record shot.
..23 march 2019..
Colas-Tamper DR73935 trundles along the Berks & Hants at Bratton with a move from Southall Isu (S&Te) departing at 11:28 to Westbury running as '6J42.
..8 january 2019..
Here is DR80303 a Network Rail Multi-Purpose 'YZA' Harse Track Technologies Switch and Crossings Stoneblower.It was working the 10:12 from Reading Triangle Sidings down to Totnes as '6U42'.Pictured rattling through the Frome area whilst heading west.
..7 december 2018..
This odd looking machine DR80205 is a Network-Rail 'Pandrol Jackson Plain Line Stoneblower'. This machine is a technical marvel and is used to digitally assess the level of the stone ballast on the track during its first pass,and then add ballast where needed on its second run over the same section of track.Viewed at Clink travelling up from Taunton (11:30 departure) going only as far as Westbury.
,,21 november 2018..
Here is a seemingly anonymous Stoneblower,a piece of Network-Rail Track Plant travelling from Broxbourne Down Tamper Sidings (10:15 off) going to Castle-Cary as '6U40'.An interesting piece of equipment! viewed here passing Cowleaze Lane in Bratton on the B&H.
..2 november 2018..
Another MPV on RHTT duties.This time it is DR98913/DR98963. This time operating out of Effingham Junction.Its route extends as far west as Warminster and down along the South Coast.Here it is crossing over to enableit to reverse and take the Portsemouth line,having just come from Warminster via Southampton.
..22 october 2018..
Network Rail in the south seem to make good use of their MPV's during the RHTT season.Quite a few routes are dealt with from a Base set up in Totton Yard.This one departed there this morning at 05:54 and has already travelled to quite a few locations in the region. DR98977/DR98927 were making up this particular set-up.As can be seen it is jetting the railhead as it passed here on the approach to Eastleigh Station at Campbell Road.
..22 october 2018..
Although the light was pretty dire,this working was viewed purely out of interest because of the STP nature of it and its path. Its was listed as '6U19' the 13:05 from Exeter Old Yard-Waggoners Way and return via a short pause of 40 minutes at Westbury for a reversal.It was probably some kind of route learner/driver trainer as it certainly had no time to perform any tamping! DR73113 a Plasser & Theurer 09-3X-D-RT type Tamper/Liner was the unit pictured.
..15 october 2018..
The rather immaculate looking Colas-Rail 'Plasser & Theurer 08-4x4/45-RT Switch & Crossing Tamper DR73905 motors down past Fairwood nr Westbury working from West-Ealing Plasser Sidings (10:47) down to Taunton.No doubt it has probably been there for a spot of repair and Mtce,Hence the condition?
..17 september 2018..
Without any fore knowledge of precisly what this working was actually going to be (I was kinda expecting either a Freightliner-GM or a Colas-GE) this pair of immaculate Track-Machines came as quite a pleasant surprise.It is nice to see a bit of non-GM variety occasionally! DR77909 with DR73120 are seen on the Frome Byline at Styles Hill with '6Q53' the 10:17 from Westbury-Up TC heading for Newton-Abbot's Hackney Yard.Obviously something to do with the HOBC activity of late down there recently.
..13 august 2018..
This seemingly almost brand new pair of Track-Machines DR77090 and DR73120 have certainly travelled quite a distance to get here.They departed Crewe-PAD at 11:33 this morning.Their destination being Westbury-Up TC.Viewed at Church Road Foot-Xing in Heywood Village nr Westbury.
6 july 2018..
Largely ignored but still (I consider) an integral part of the railway scene,this pair of Tampers DR77907& DR73117 are viewed at Llandevenny on a transfer from Cardiff-Canton Taff-Vale Sdg's up to Reading Triangle Sdg's.
..2 february 2018..
Track-Machine DR75407 rattles up the B&H at Great Cheverell working from Crediton (09:50 off) going via Reading to Swindon-Cocklebury.Seen at a slightly shadowy but still quite nicely lit Great Cheverell.
..23 november 2017..
4-wheeler Track Machine DR73931 chugs down ther slow-line here at Undy coming from Castle-Cary-CE (10:00 off) and tripping to Cardiff Canton-Taff Vale Sidings.Note the autumnal tall trees in the background.This area used to be the western-end throat of the extensive freight yards that existed here at Severn Tunnel Junction a few decade ago.All gone now as is most of the once thriving freight scene here in S-Wales.
..27 october 2017..
This is a view of Cocklebury Yard east of Swindon Station which has been for the past couple of years the base for the Windhoff-Track Machines that have used with very mixed results drilling foundations/installing the bases and masts for the ongoing WR-electrification.This vista shows 4 or 5 of these sets sat around in readiness for their next attempt at trying to further the project along a bit,abeit at the now accepted 'snails pace!'
..14 october 2017..
This is a GAW of '6X34' with 70813 leading the pair of Rail-Vacs.They are 709 5150048 (RAUK-4)& 709 5150039 (RAUK-3) Viewed passing the freshly manicured lawns at Masters Crossing.
..18 september 2017..
Colas owned and operated Plasser & Theurer 08-4x445-RT Switch & Crossing Tamper DR73907 rolls into the holding sidings on the 'Up' side at Westbury.Viewed off the passenger platform on the station.
..15 september 2017..
'Colas'Track Machine DR75407 heads towards Bristol through Oldfield park in Bath.Bit of a mystery working this as nothing was shown anywhere giving any clue as to the start point or destination?
..9 may 2017..
Another look at DR76914/DR76910 as it passes Fairwood nr Westbury These Windhoff Track Machines were supposed to revolutionise the installation of bases and masts on the GWR electrification scheme. Mainly they have failed spectacularly but at least it still looks fairly immaculate.Probably due to lack of use because it was not up to the job! The train was on a Swidon to Taunton and return trip probably for crew training purposes.It ran as '6H08' and departed Swindon-Xfer at 11:03.
..5 april 2017..
This Windhoff Electrification Unit DR76910/DR76914 today had a jaunt from Swindon-Transfer and back via Taunton.It ran as '6H08' the 11:03 from Swindon.Here seen on its return leg approaching Westbury.
..5 april 2017..
This is a Gangers-Trolley type 27A manufactured by 'Ware'-Wickham Works No-7506 in 1956.Its number is PWM-4303 and has failrly recently been fully refurbished and given a coat on non-authentic GWR paint.These liitle machines were once quite common but nowadays none are used by ganger-type staff anymore.Ford Transits being the modern preferred option! Viewed parked on the 2nd demonstration line at the Didcot Railway Centre.Note this viewing angle was only possible because it was a non-running day here today.
..25 march 2017..
Colas owned and operated Track-Machine DR73905 rattles through Swindon as it takes the Kemble route with the 10:30 from Southall-Isu (S&Te) travelling up the Horton Road at Gloucester.
..2 january 2017..
No luck in the sun today except this very shiny Track Machine DR73108 that appears to have had a major refurbishment quite recently given that it is at least 10 years old!.Now wearing Colas-Yellow/Orange and still carrying its nameplate 'Tiger' it is seen running as '6J43' from Reading Triangle Sdg's to Westbury.Here passing Great Cheverell in a brief splash of autumnal sun.
..17 november 2016..
MPV/RHTT '3S80' having gone to Warminster then reverses there for the final leg of its morning work with its trip back to Eastleigh-Arlington. DR98924 is now leading with DR98974 on the rear.This MPV still carries a long defunct version of the Network Rail/Railtrack livery of Blue-Lime & Yellow.Here it is seen with a superb autumnal backdrop passing Norton Bavant in the Wylye Valley.
..11 november 2016..
The Eastleigh based South-West Trains RHTT '3S80' which uses an MPV is seen at Norton Bavant coming out of the sun like a japanese WW-2 Zero! DR98974 leads with DR98924 being rearward.This departs Eastleigh at 05:05 and does a large swath of the south finishing up with a trip up the Wylye Valley as far as Warminster before returning to Eastleigh.Odd really as it follows another RHTT '3J23' just 15 minutes ahead of it ????
..11 november 2016..
Barely 10 minutes after RHTT '3J13' had passed jetting the route between Salisbury and Warminster the Southern based MPV version '3S80' operated by South-West Trains repeated the operation.Perhaps the Wylye-Valley is viewed as a problem stretch of track requiring addition treatment? So here is Network-Rail MPV DR98922/DR98972 still wearing the now decidedly ancient Blue/Lime/Yellow livery of years gone by sitting in Warminster whilst the crew changes ends for its return trip to Salisbury and beyond. It runs as '3S80' the 05:05 from Eastleigh-Arlington and return via most of the network in the south!
..2 november 2016..
For some reason this Electrification dedicated 'Windhoff' track machine today ran from its home base in Swindon to Taunton and return working as '6H05'.It departed Taunton at 10:30 and is seen running up through Frome.The numbers being DR76921/DR76923.A european recognition code also being stencilled on the nose as well.That is too long and complicated to bear consideration.Hopefully we will never see these things in our area doing the job they are designed for--- ' electrification'. Its bad enough having it on the GW mainline to Bristol!
..15 september 2016..
Here is one of the Track-Machines that is currently destroying the World Heritage Site that was once a Great Western Railway.It is sitting in the centre road at Swindon waiting to gain access to its base in Cocklebury Yard east of the station.It was operating an 'out and back' jolly to Taunton and return to Swindon-Transfer as '6H05'.This is the one that actually installs the masts on the pile-driven bases.Several were still loaded in the centre section.Numbers were DR76922/DR76913. Also it has a european style number UK-NRIL 99 70 9131011-7 on the front panelling.
..13 september 2016..
MPV pairing DR98956 and DR98906 makes a fairly rare appearance on the line between Westbury and Salisbury.Apparantly it was on transfer from King's Norton OT Plant Depot (15:00 away) to Salisbury West End.Of note is that these MPV-types still carry an old version of the Rail-Track livery that is now long gone on Test trains oad locomotives.
..08 august 2016..
'6J83' the 10:45 from Cardiff-Canton Taff Vale to Slough Estates which is merely a 'Plasser' Track-Machine DR75406 'Eric Machell' drones through Pilning on its 100 mile (approx) transfer move.As can be seen from the livery this particular piece of equipment is owned and operated by 'Colas' in the now familier yellow/orange colour scheme.
18 february 2016..
DR73116 a Plasser&Theurer Tamper motors up through Filton Abbey Wood on a fairly long distance journey '6U43' from Taunton (10:25 off) going to Rugby D.E.D which is apparantly the 'District Electric Depot'.It finally arrived there at 16:45 so a total journey time of just over 6 hours!!!!
..28 january 2016..
MPV-pairing DR98924/DR98974 ambles over Townsend-Crossing in Wylye with '3S80' which originated at Eastleigh-Arlington this morning at 05:04.Having jetted many routes east of Eastleigh as far as Guildford its final session is up from Salisbury to Warminster then returning to Eastleigh to finish its mornings work.For sure this is the final week for this duty as the majority of the other RHTT duties throughout the country have now finished.
..09 december 2015..
MPV pairing DR98972 and DR98922 on active water-jetting,leaf busting duties passes Sherrington with '3S80'.This duty covers most of the South Coast and finishes off before returning the Eastleigh (Arlington) with a trip as far as Warminster up & down the Wylye-Valley.It commenced this duty at 05:04 from Eastleigh this morning.
..23 november 2015..
Colas operated 'Plasser and Theurer 08-275 Switch and Crossing Tamper' Nunber- DR73901 is viewed across the River Avon at Dundus in the Limpley Stoke Valley busily tamping the recently relaid section of track here under the Dundus Aquaduct.Naturally the line is closed to regular traffic whilst this rather slow operation is being performed.
..06 september 2015..
With the amount of heavy rain and cloud we have been experiencing this week even though it is supposed to be High Summer this lowly Track-Machine becomes an attractive proposition if the sun is shining! So here is a Matisa-B4I UE ZWA No-DR75406 'Eric Machell' heading for Bristol's Kingsland Road S&Te sidings via Taunton.Its booked departure from Bradford-Junction was 15:30 nominally but actually left 40m late.No doubt it has been involved in sorting out the new track that was recently installed at Bathampton for the Electrification Scheme there.
..27 august 2015..
MPV-duo DR98958/DR98908 were today taking the 'Long Way Round' travelling from Didcot-TC (departing at 14:06) going down to Exeter-Old Yard/Waggoner Way.No doubt if the route via Bath-Spa was open it would have travelled that way.Seen at Great Cheverell still wearing one of the older Network-Rail livery styles.
..03 august 2015..
Track Machine P&T08-32U-RT(Tamper) DR73804 'James Watt' formed this move, the 14:30 from Maindee North-Junction to Port-Talbot.This is the first time I have encountered a white livery on Track-Plant.Indeed the owning company SB-Rail --'Swietelsky-Babcock Rail' is totally new to me as well.Anyway here it is passing Duffryn just west of Newport-ADJ. Apparantly this machine has spent most of its life in Scotland where this Company SB-rail (and Livery) usually operate.So to see it this far south is quite unusual unless it has now been permanantly transferred ???????
..17 july 2015..
Apparantly this is a ZWA-Harsco RGH20C Switch & Crossings Rail Grinder.The identity is DR79263/DR79273.It was making its way from Didcot Fueling Point to Westbury as '6U03'.A fairly interesting piece of NR-kit giving a pretty good impression of a locomotive of sorts.They are always worth a picture if the opportunity arises.So here it is passing Ladydown nr Trowbridge having just come off the Melksham Line from Didcot.
..27 april 2015..
Colas liveried Plasser&Theurer Tamper DR73805 rattles down past Clink Road Junction in Frome coming from Westbury (10:20 off).It was originally booked to go to Tavistock-Jn in Plymouth but for some reason its journey was curtailed at Totnes.
..06 march 2015..
This is a crew training run from Swindon-Transfer (12:00 off) to Bridgend. Listed as'6H03' It was utilizing M/C is one of the Windhoff Contraptions that have been and are still responsible for the OHLE lineside equipment from Paddington to all points up to and including Bristol and cardiff eventually! This particular unit is DR76906 (9870 9131 006-7) back to back with DR76910 (9870 9131 010-09). I think this particular combo is mainly responsible for concrete mixing and supply on site etc.It is viewed passing Wapley Hill near Westerleigh Junction heading west.
..04 march 2015..
Here is a closer look at the Swedish-RailVac as it passed Fairwood whilst being transferred from Goodrington Sands nr Paignton up to Westbury as '6C51' by 70804.Being a Network-Rail owned piece of track plant is finished in the standard livery of all-over yellow. Model type is RailVac 18000/500-UK Unit type is RailVac RAUK Air/VacuumExcavator (BVES) This particular unit is RailVac RAUK-3 99709515003-0 There are 3 in the country and this is the newest one introduced and is normally based at Doncaster.
..26 january 2015..
Plasser & Thuerer Track-Machine DR73111 'Reading Panel 1965-2005' passes Arn-Hill nr Warminster with '6U17' the 09:37 from Taunton-Fairwater Yard going to Woking.
..02 january 2015..
'3Z01' from Tyseley going to Hither-Green arrives at Didcot with its three coach test-train.It is hauled by 37402 and is about to pass a stabled Track-Machine DR73907 parked it its holding-siding here.
..30 december 2014..
Colas-Rail Matisa-Tamper DR75406 'Eric Machell' pauses briefly at Swindon during a transfer move from Bristol-Kingsland Road to Reading Triangle Sidings.
..19 december 2014..
A pair of Network-Rail Track-Machines DR73903 'Frank Jones' and DR73111 'Reading Panel 1965-2005' pass Sherrington Lane nr Codford in the Wylye Valley coming from Bristol-Kingsland Road and heading for Andover Yard.Note the freshly applied blobs of grease on the bufferheads of the lead machine.....
..24 november 2014..
Windhoff-MPV pair DR98924/DR98974 currently configured for rail head treatment runs through Sherrington Lane in Codford heading for Warminster.Here this working '3S80' reverses and returns to Eastleigh-Arlington to end its shift.So far it had been roaming around the south of England since 05:00,about 6 hours so far.
..04 november 2014..
Unbelievably just 7 minutes after the St Blazey based RHTT passed busily jetting the railhead another one appeared doing exactly the same! This one was doing a circuit around the South of England starting from Eastleigh (Arlington) and finishing there as well .Its report number is '3S80' (S for sandite ?) and uses one of the Windhoff built MPV's.This pair DR98972 leading with its mate DR98922 on the back.Seen passing the still wet track at Norton Bavant heading for Warminster where it will reverse and head back towards the Southern.
..28 october 2014..
Here are a couple of 'Plasser&Theurer' track machines on transfer from Gloucester Horton Road going to Andover.Both carried cast nameplates.DR77903 was 'Frank Jones' whilst DR73111 was 'Reading Panel 1965-2005'.In the distance is Oldfield Park Station about a mile or so west of Bath Spa.
..28 july 2014..
An Infrastructure move between Hereford and Reading -Triangle Sidings is viewed passing Pilning just east of the Severn-Tunnel. This siamese pair DR79200 A/B is a Rail-Grinder manufactured in Germany under the name of a Schweerbau-SPML15. Note the porta-loo on the cutting side.Its been there for years.I expect Railtrack are still paying the monthly hire charge and don't know it and don't care!
..23 july 2014..
Here is a second picture-this time a 'Going Away Shot' of the Windhoff Electrification Factory MPV heading back to Swindon-Transfer after (I presume) a crew training trip to Taunton .This ran as '6Y61' Hopefully I will never see this 'thing' again around Frome as basically it represents the kiss of death to anywhere it will work for photography anyway.This end is numbered UK-NRIL-99703131001-8 whilst the UK-NRIL-99703131005-9 was leading. Lighting for this shot was rather poor as it was missed in the morning in better light, it having gone via Frome Station..However some kind of record shot had to be done!
..06 may 2014..
Hopefully this piece of equipment will never be used in anger around this location! This is the Windhoff Electrification-OTP/MPV out on a long distance crew training run '6Y61' from Swindon-Transfer to Swindon-Tranfer via Melksham.The Unit has been in this country now since being imported at the beginning of the year.Because it has not yet started work setting and constructing mast-bases on the GWML yet it is still pretty much in ex-works condition.Its number is UK-NRIL-99709131005-9 whilst the other end is UK-NRIL-99703131001-8. Yuck! yet another piece in a very big sad jigsaw!
..06 may 2014..
An almost blindingly bright Network-Rail Tamper/Liner,Plasser-Theurer 09-3D-RT number DR73115 cruises over Fairwood-Junction on the approach to Westbury.It has travelled up from Taunton's Fairwater-yard and is going to Gloucester-Horton Road. Note the very rusty down mainline off the Westbury Avoiding-Line.This piece of track has been out of use now for quite a long time since the severe floods caused an embankment to slip badly where this line goes over Station Road in the middle of Westbury itself. Work has been going on now for many weeks repairing this damage.It involves some quite serious groundworks involving deep piling plus the construction of a road to gain access to the slippage area. Its not only the Dawlish Sea Wall that was badly effected by the recent floods!
..21 march 2014..
I've not noted an MPV on the move for well over a year then suddenly I see two in as many days! Here Paired-DR98959/DR98909 are seen passing Bapton in the Wylye-Valley on '6Z05' from Eastleigh going to Bristol-Barton Hill.Again this one looks to be set up as a Weedkiller-Unit.An interesting front-end design bearing a strong resemblence to a Class-60!
..30 may 2012..
Coming from Bescot as '6Z10' this MPV DR98909/DR98959 looks to be set up as a Weedkiller-Unit.Destination for today is Bristol-Barton Hill.Tomorrow night it will carry on down to Exeter.Seen here passing through a very green stretch of line at Ram-Hill nr Westerleigh Junction.
..28 may 2012..
4-wheel Track-Machine DR73931 wearing the now familier colours of the 'Colas' Company heads south through Cheltenham. No other info on this infrastructure-plant move available?
..06 april 2012..
A pair of Tampers DR77903 and DR71111 head north past Lympsham south of Weston-super-Mare.Destination unknown. ..03 june 2010..
Multi-Purpose-Vehicle or MPV-DR98960/DR98910 seen nr Lydney with '6Z10' from Bescot going to Cardiff.At this time of year probably set up as a WeedKiller-Unit. ..24 may 2010..
Possibly unique liveried DR-73942,a 'Plasser and Theurer Switch & Crossing Tamper' working for Colas passes Magor in South-Wales heading West. ..24 april 2010..