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Engineer's Rolling Stock - Self Propelled Track Machines
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| This photo shows an overhead wire maintenance vehicle at work on a road crossing in Zevenaar. Note the graphics. Photo by Rodney Beech 15th April 2000 | |||
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| Beaver 79-800 operated by Volker Stein. This is a self propelled ballast maintenance machine being used at the Overweg Steen in Babberich on 10th March 2002 during the relaying of track at a pedestrian underpass. Picture by Rodney Beech | |||
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| SGRM 3000-47 standing in the engineer's yard at Zutphen - 29th March 2003. This is beleived to be machine for pointwork maintenance and more information would be helpful. Picture by Rodney Beech | |||
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| This is a Plasser and Theurer SGRM 3000-99 K-355APT standing in the yard at Zutphen on 29th March 2003. The machine has worked on NS for 13 years according to the blue sign on the cab which is written in Dutch and German | |||
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Jules 2 at Utrecht CS on 3rd April 2003. This was a conversion
of a Motorpost vehicle and replaces the original Jules which itself was,
I beleive, converted from an old Blokkendoos unit. |
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This photo shows a Dynamic track stabliser on trial from Volker Stevin Rail at the Zevenaar sidings on 11th September this year. Not much information is held about this machine but apparently it can work 3 times daster than conventional machines. It weighs 82 tonnes and is 34.2 mtrs long. There is apparently a top speed of 100kph. It is not known if the trials were successful or where the machine went afterwards. Photos bu Rodney Beech |
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This photo shows engineers vehicle Unimat 4 owned by Strukton as it passes Rotterdam Alexander on July 16th 2009.
The text on the front says that when in tow its maximum speed is 90 kph.Photo by Henk Hartsuiker
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