{"id":7491,"date":"2015-05-29T15:23:53","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T15:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=7491"},"modified":"2015-05-29T15:23:53","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T15:23:53","slug":"rail-truck-saves-time-and-money-for-network-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/7491","title":{"rendered":"Rail truck saves time and money for network rail"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NetworkIf James Bond was a Network Rail maintenance engineer, this is what he’d drive.<\/p>\n

The company’s latest road-rail vehicles are 6.5-tonne 4×4 FUSO Canters that can\u00a0be used on both road and rail, cutting down costly and expensive vehicle changeovers.<\/p>\n

The 4×4 Canter 6C18Ds have Double crew cabs and were supplied by South Wales Mercedes-Benz Dealer Euro Commercials \u2013 the German manufacturer\u2019s franchised network also sells and supports the FUSO light truck range in Great Britain.<\/p>\n

They were converted for their highly unusual role by rail industry specialist GOS Tool & Engineering, of Blaenavon, South Wales, and undertake a variety of maintenance duties.<\/p>\n

Six are fitted with dropside bodies and PM cranes used to lift sleepers, rails and bags of ballast, while the remaining 14 have box bodies housing welding equipment for rail repairs.<\/p>\n

Their double-drive configuration (it’s 4×4, so both axles are driven) and additional rail wheels give the Canters unparalleled flexibility and plenty of traction. Network Rail\u2019s operatives can drive to a level crossing \u2013 or RRAP (Road Rail Access Point) to use the industry terminology \u2013 then position their vehicle over the train track and deploy the wheels. The trucks can travel along the line to a work site.<\/p>\n

These aren’t the first road-rail vehicles Network Rail has purchased. Just over two years ago<\/a>, the the organisation\u00a0purchased\u00a029 5.5t Iveco Daily 4\u00d74 Road Rail Vehicles for its support fleet. Presumably the concept has proved a success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Network Rail has added 20 new FUSO Canter 4×4 6.5t trucks to its fleet — with a difference. The new vehicles can drive on rails or road, meaning the firm’s engineers can save time getting to maintenance jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[1823,1779,1918],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7493,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7491\/revisions\/7493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}