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3 hours ago, Wickham Green too said:

Spot the difference time : -

 

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.... Oxted 9/9/06 & Bangor 9/5/10 erspetively.

 

Lots of extra lights around the cab windows on the yellow one.

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Network Rail’s Robel 6U88 MMT Set 8 (DR97508 – DR97608 – DR97808) was found this morning in fairly unfamiliar surroundings, at Bluebell Railway’s Horsted Keynes station, platform 2. 
 

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Very interesting machine and great to see it here in day light as it normally found away from public view. 

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Only just discovered this interesting thread; there seem to be a lot of images missing - perhaps because of copyright reasons.

On which basis, I confirm that all of those that follow are my own originals (& copyright me!).

First three are all seen passing Daventry International Railfreight Terminal (DIRFT), on the Northampton loop:

 

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Loram C44 rail grinding unit DR79401 - 4.

 

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Colas tamper DR73930 sounded like it had a square wheel somewhere!

 

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Network Rail New Measurement train headed by 43 290

 

This one is on the WCML south of Rugby during an engineer's possession:

 

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Three Plasser & Theurer Self Propelled Heavy Duty Twin Jib Track Re-Layers hooked onto the back of an engineer's spoil train.

 

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Windhoff MPV Master & Slave RHTT Rail Head Treatment Train DR 98914 & DR 98964 whilst reversing at Eastleigh Station.

 

The next two were both seen (on different dates) parked in the Colas engineering sidings at Ely Station:

 

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They are both Plasser & Theurer 08-4x4/4S-RT Tampers, DR 73908 above, DR73906 below:

 

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Lastly another RHTT seen at Hollingbourne Station in Kent:

 

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This is DR 98931 + DR 98981

 

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On 06/07/2021 at 08:31, STONECOLDSMILE1882 said:

Network Rail’s Robel 6U88 MMT Set 8 (DR97508 – DR97608 – DR97808) was found this morning in fairly unfamiliar surroundings, at Bluebell Railway’s Horsted Keynes station, platform 2. 
 

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Very interesting machine and great to see it here in day light as it normally found away from public view. 

Great concept, shame there wasn’t input from those who actually work on the track when it designed and signed off. 

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Network Rail Track Recording Unit 950001 was out for a tour of various lines around West Yorkshire on 23rd July 2021.

 

Working under its usual allocated reporting code of 2Q08, 09.15 Selby to York Holgate Sidings, approaching Colne Bridge, Huddersfield...

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...and after subsequent reversals at Huddersfield and Halifax, the unit approaches Heaton Lodge East Junction from the Calder Valley line, now heading towards Leeds and then on to York.

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Matisa Tamper DR75406 'Eric Mitchell', operated by Colas, stabled adjacent to Par station on 13th July 2021.

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Network Rail Loram C21 Rail Grinder, comprising seven vehicles numbered DR79251-257 (C2103), passes through Brighouse on 30th July 2021, working using its permanently allocated reporting code of 6Z03, 13.50 York Yard North to Carnforth Bottom End CE Siding.

 

DR79251 'Martin Ellwood'

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DR79253

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DR79254

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DR79255

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DR79256

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DR79257

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The Windhoff MPVs for which a railhead treatment set is available RTR are supposed  to be "multi-purpose vehicles".

Do we know what other purposes these sets are used for and what other modules are carried outside leaf fall season? 

It would certainly make sense for a model to be able to switch the containers and run different trains, and containers could be relatively low cost to produce.

 

The Viesmann tamper that actually moves like a tamper is an excellent model, even if it is HO and a rather expensive product with a niche market. 

 

I can't help thinking the Robel Mobile Maintenance Train would be a similarly good prototype for an enterprising manufacturer, especially if provided with outward-opening side walls in the last car, perhaps worked by servos under DCC control.

 

 

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Windhoff MPV DR98905+DR98955 out for a spin on 3rd August 2021 working as 3Z12, 08.06 Tees New Yard to Wigan Locomotive Inspection Point, passing through Brighouse.

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On 30/07/2021 at 19:04, Michael Hodgson said:

The Windhoff MPVs for which a railhead treatment set is available RTR are supposed  to be "multi-purpose vehicles".

Do we know what other purposes these sets are used for and what other modules are carried outside leaf fall season? 

 

 

After leaf fall season ends, the same  MPV sets perform conductor rail de-icing duties, lubricating the third rail with a  liquid

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5 hours ago, Pandora said:

After leaf fall season ends, the same  MPV sets perform conductor rail de-icing duties, lubricating the third rail with a  liquid

 

And weedkiller duties. 4630's pic above is carrying such modules.

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SBRail Plasser & Theurer tamper DR 75013 heads through Deighton on 2nd December 2021, working under its allocated reporting code of 6Q61 from Warrington Civil Engineers Sidings to Wakefield Kirkgate S&TE.

 

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An outing for Network Rail's Track Assessment Unit 950001 in West Yorkshire on 13th January 2022.  Working from Selby to Bradford Interchange via Wakefield Kirkgate and Halifax under its usual allocated reporting code of 2Q08, passing through Brighouse.

 

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Windhoff MPV DR98904+DR98954 passing through Brighouse on 21st February 2022 working as 3Z99, 11.55 Wigan Locomotive Inspection Point to Knottingley Traction Maintenance Depot.

 

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