__NOTOC__[[File:Roadrailers_20180324.jpg|thumb|300px|right|New Rexquote Super Railer at Highley with No 489 behind (2018)]] [[File:Case_20150307.jpg|thumb|300px|right|No 489, L696MRM at Highley (2015)]]
The SVR uses Road-Rail Vehicles, also referred to as RRVs or 'road railers', for permanent way work. RRVs are modified versions of road vehicles, in this case excavators, which retain their normal wheels with rubber tyres. They are also fitted with additional flanged steel wheels which can be raised and lowered as required, enabling them to run on rails. The flanged wheels are free-rolling with propulsion on the rails being provided by the conventional tyres.
The SVR has two of these similar road railer excavators. Like the [[Komatsu 160 Road Railer | Komatsu 160]], these road railers can be used with various buckets for excavating and moving spoil, or with a flail head for clearing trackside vegetation.
==Case Poclain 688==
The first to be acquired was 1994-built Case-Poclain 688-BP Excavator No 489 (DVLA Registration '''L696MRM'''). It was first recorded on the SVR at Kidderminster on 9 June 2007 and has been resident since.<ref>[https://www.ontrackplant.com/road-railers/preserved/841 OnTrackPlant.com] (requires login to view sightings history)</ref> Despite its age, its simple nature means it still provides useful service to the Permanent Way team. When rail-mounted it can be used either 'stand-alone' or paired with its trailer vehicle as seen below. In August 2023 the P-Way team painted and added SVR logos to the road rail vehicles and trailers, to improve the public image. <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">Case_20150307.jpg|No 489, L696MRM at Highley (2015)Case_20210423.jpg|L696MRM with its trailer vehicle at Kidderminster, April 2021</gallery>
==Rexquote Super Railer==
The secondRexquote Super Railer, fleet number '''4199''', was acquired in 2017,<ref>Presentation at SVR(H) AGM, June 2018</ref> and is a Rexquote Super Railer, based on the Case 988 Super Railer.<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2016_Flickr_file_IMG_3753_(26291800924).jpg Wikimedia Commons]</ref>. It does not carry a DVLA registration number, but is allocated the [[Carriage and Wagon numbering#UIC numbers|UIC Number]] '''99709 940193-4'''. It was formerly owned by TXM Plant.<ref>[https://www.ontrackplant.com/road-railers/preserved/1021 OnTrackPlant.com]</ref>It was acquired by the SVR in 2017.<ref>Presentation at SVR(H) AGM, June 2018</ref> It was sold in November 2022 to the Ribble Valley Railway after the purchase of the [[Komatsu 160 Road Railer | Komatsu 160]] road railer, and left the Railway on 24 January 2023. <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">Roadrailers_20180324.jpg|Former Rexquote Super Railer at Highley with No 489 behind (2018)</gallery>
==See also==
*[[Other rolling stock]]
*[[Other rolling stock formerly resident on the SVR]]
*[[Komatsu 160 Road Railer | Komatsu 160]] road railer
*[[Liebherr 902ZW Road Rail 360]]: Former road railer, sold circa 2017
