Tamper and Road-Railer Roundup - January 2026
1st February 2026

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
Get In Touch
As always, thanks to everyone who has contributed information for this article. If you or your company has any updates/details of new deliveries for our next article then please leave a comment below, upload a photo, log your sightings, post in the forum or email us privately. Thanks!
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