On-Track Machine and Road-Railer Roundup - December 2020
13th January 2021
A round-up of road-railer deliveries during December 2020.
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New on-track machines
Sunbelt Rentals Rail
During summer 2020, A-Plant was rebranded into the Sunbelt Rentals group name; and in December they took delivery of a new Pandrol clipper...
99709 909323-6 / 909323 - Pandrol CD400SP-IQ Clip Driver.
New road-railers
A.P.Webb Plant Hire
99709 911370-3 / RTE022 - Rail-Ability/JCB JZ141 / RA310RR crawler excavator.
Land Recovery Rail
A relatively new name to the rail plant industry, Land Recovery Rail took delivery of two Liebherr machines during December.
99709 940935-8 / LRR01 - Liebherr A924 Rail Litronic.
99709 940936-6 / LRR02 - Liebherr A924 Rail Litronic.
Lankelma
Something very different! This is a road rail tracked Core Penetration Test rig which received its Engineering Acceptance in South Wales on 16th December.
99709 919117-0 / UK24 - Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill BC100 Boxed CPT Crawler.
Network Rail
99709 975137-9 - Fitzgerald Plant Services/Polaris Ranger XP1000.
99709 975142-9 - Aquarius/Kawasaki Mule PRO-DXT.
The former Sperry Ultrasonic Test Unit mounted to this Unimog has been removed and replaced with a flat-bed module.
99709 977054-4 / FP04FZB - Zweiweg/Mercedes-Benz Unimog U400(405) flat bed.
Pro Rail Services
This was delivered to Rudgewick 17th December 2020, to enter service on Christmas and New Year work.
99709 910174-0 / PRS109 - GOS/Doosan DX170W-5 Ultimate 270.
Quattro Plant (inc AB2K)
99709 911376-0 / QPL1304 - GOS/Doosan DX140LCR-5 tracked excavator.
Readypower Rail Services
This is the second GOS Engineering Superbug 300 to be delivered. The first pair worked in tandem for the first time at Millbrook, Hampshire on the weekend of 21st/22nd November 2020.
99709 911365-3 / FR301 - GOS/Doosan DX235 LCR-5 crawler Superbug 300.
This is the second of 20 Rail-Raider mk2 machines on order from Allan J Hargreaves.
99709 940939-0 / FR521 - AJH/Komatsu PW160-11 RAIL RAIDER mk2.
The tenth Personnel Transporter conversion from a redundant Accessrailer for Readypower.
99709 949049-9 / RRPT10 - Rexquote/PT12AWS Personnel Transporter.
Scottish Woodlands
99709 975134-6 / YE20CYL - Permaquip/Kubota RTVX1110.
TXM Plant
99709 940928-3 / 7161 - GOS/Doosan DX170W-5 Ultimate 270.