Other rolling stock visiting the SVR
This page gives details of miscellaneous items of rolling stock that have visited the SVR. Listing is incomplete.
Contents
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2007
- Track Gopher: Provided on loan by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway to help recover from the 2007 storm damage[1].
2014
- DR 73309 Plasser & Theurer 07-275 Switch & Crossing Tamper. Seen leaving Kidderminster by low loader in this video
2017
- DR 73913: Plasser and Theurer Switch and Crossing Tamper. Property of Colas rail, the tamper was used in the relaying of a section of track near Waterworks Crossing.
Colas Rail Tamper DR 73913
- 6224: Matisa R7 Ballast Regulator. Owned by B&R Track Services. A Ballast Regulator is used to sweep excess ballast from the track.
Matisa R7 Ballast Regulator 6224
- GBRf biomass hoppers: Five GBRf biomass hoppers visited the SVR during July for PR purposes. The hoppers, which are normally used for transporting biomass such as wood pellets to power stations, were numbers 83 70 6955 326-6, 83 70 6955 342-3, 37 70 6955 222-4, 37 70 6955 251-3 and 37 70 6955 272-9 (pictured).
A GBRf biomass hopper
- PSL 193 'Plimsoll' : Mark Saville’s 1957 Series 1 Land Rover, capable of running on road and rails, made a return trip between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster on 12 August. The rail wheels are custom made from LM25 aluminium/magnesium alloy and take around an hour to fit.
'Plimsoll' at Highley
- Loram CRG(01) Corrective Rail Grinder: This Network Rail rail grinder arrived on the SVR on 23 October 2017. The 4 vehicles making up the unit are sequentially numbered DR 79301, DR 79302, DR 79303 and DR 79304. Pictured at Highley, DR 79304 nearest the camera.
Rail grinder at Highley
2018
- DR 73309 Plasser & Theurer 07-275 Switch & Crossing Tamper. Used in winter 2017-18 infrastructure work at County Boundary and elsewhere. Also visited in 2014.
See also
References
- ↑ Picture in SVR News 159, Autumn 2007