Here is a short round-up of tamper and road-railer news during January 2026.

Colas Rail Tamper Update

At the end of January Colas Rail's new tampers DR73953 and DR73954 moved to Ely ready to start their working life in East Anglia. These replace DR73906 and DR73908 which date back to 1998 - DR73906 moved to Rugby for retirement in the middle of January, with DR73908 following just over a week later.

Edit after initial publication: some VSTP paths have appeared for 73906 and 73908 returning to and working out of Broxbourne briefly at start of February.

New Balfour Beatty Tampers

During January DR73955 was moved from Plasser's West Ealing facility to The Swanage Railway where it joined DR73957 briefly for testing and training. DR73957 subsequently moved back to West Ealing.

The new fleet of four tampers will ultimately replace DR73917, DR73918, DR73943 and DR73944 so time is running out if you have not seen those yet!

Road-Railers - Deliveries

AJH - Liebherr RH925 Compact Crawler Excavator

ZZ709 911478-4 - Explore Plant and Transport Solutions RRV020

Explore have taken delivery of their first two new Liebherr RH925 crawler excavators from AJH. These machines feature a triple articulated boom for extra versatility during drainage and renewal works.

ZZ709 911477-6 - Explore Plant and Transport Solutions RRV021

GOS - Develon DD130 dozer

This month Explore took delivery of a new Develon DD130 Dozer converted by GOS.

We don't often mention new RRV Dozers in the monthly round ups - the last of any type was delivered in mid-2023!

ZZ709 914122-5 - Explore Plant and Transport Solutions RRD001

GOS - Develon DX140LCR-7 tracked excavator

ZZ709 911458-6 - Quattro Plant 1746

GOS - Develon DX170-7

ZZ709 950061-0 - Quattro Plant 1782

GOS - Develon DX170W-7 Ultimate 270

ZZ709 910208-6 - Balfour Beatty Rail Services XED7036

ZZ709 910209-4 - Sonic Rail Services 3491