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    UKMISC: Road/Railer Converted Road Vehicles

    Converted Road Vehicles

    Miscellaneous Road Rail vehicles that have been created by adding rail wheels to a pre-existing road vehicle, for various reasons.

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    Number Altnumber Name Status EVN Note Livery Depot Location Base Owner In Service
    2w-2DM (dumper truck with fixed rail wheels) PR Elsecar Heritage Railway PRE
    * T241 CNN 99 70 9918 005-8 Volvo 4wDM Red TO DB Cargo, Toton 1999
    . T242 CNN S 99 70 9918 004-1 Volvo 4wDM Red TO DB Cargo, Toton 1999
    / OSX 433 Ford 4wPM (Jeep) Green Unknown 1944
    _ N842 HFB 99 70 9979 098-9 Renault 4wDM White Avonmouth Fire Station 1996
    + T243 CNN 99 70 9918 003-3 Volvo 4wDM Red TO DB Cargo, Toton 1999
    = L111 EED Isuzu Weed-sprayer Van4wDM Green PR Kent & East Sussex Railway PRE 2005
    001 11618   08 CP 05 4wDM Ford/Matisa converted by Wickham MOD MOD
    C00189 RRC459   CK70 CJF A 99 70 9978 028-7 Mitsubishi FUSO 4wDH Yellow Avonmouth Fire Station 2020
    029255 T111725   DP270/005   99 70 9975 006-6 John Deere 2-4wDMR Telford Steam Railway
    039380 T113917   DP270/039   S 99 70 9975 039-7 John Deere 2-4wDMR Daventry IRFT
    TGV 12 12   XJ12 596 D Jaguar 2w-2PMR (Featured on Top Gear TV) Red PR National Motor Museum, Bealieu PRE
    219691 T244 CNN 99 70 9918 002-5 Volvo 4wDM Red TO DB Cargo, Toton PRE 1999
    68906 F591 RWP Mercedes 4wDM Yellow PR Barry Tourist Railway PRE 1988
    6‑93355 R314   1160   R314 ADB A 99 70 9943 064-4 Thwaites dumper 4wDH converted by Rexquote / Shovlin Plant Hire Yellow Freightliner, Guide Bridge 1997
    833517 YR10 FDP A Ford 4wDMR Yellow Nexus, Northumberland NEXUS 2010
    833760 YF59 YHK A 99 70 9976 055-2 Ford 4wDMR Yellow Nexus, Northumberland NEXUS 2010

    Bruff

    BRUFF Bedford Road/Railers

    A road–rail vehicle is a dual-mode vehicle which can operate both on rail tracks and a conventional road. They are also called hi-rail, from highway and railway, or variations such as high-rail, HiRail, Hy-rail, etc. They are often converted road vehicles, keeping their normal wheels with rubber tires, but fitted with additional flanged steel wheels for running on rails. Propulsion is typically through the conventional tires, the flanged wheels being free-rolling; the rail wheels are raised and lowered as needed. 

    For years the trade name "BRUFF" has been well known for the little Bedford road-rail vehicles that bounce over the track, lower turntable, align with rails then move off towards the incident and today although NONE of this fleet of 30 vehicles is currently registered to operate on the national system 4 exist in use on depots/yards and others have been preserved.

    BRUFF also converted some other vehicles for road-rail use.

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    Number Name Status Note Livery Depot Base Owner In Service
    14201 F621 PWP P Renault 4wDM Yellow PR Barry Tourist Railway PRE 1988
    502 B445 WPO P 4wDMR Yellow PR Mid Norfolk Railway PRE 1985
    514 C955 YOR 4wDM Beige Rush Green Motors, Hitchen 1985
    516 C958 YOR P 4wDM Yellow PR Battlefield Line PRE 1985
    517 C959 YOR 4wDM Yellow Avondale Environmental, Chatham 1985
    519 C961 YOR 4wDM Yellow PR Battlefield Line PRE 1985
    523 C965 YOR P 4wDM Yellow PR Churnet Valley Railway PRE 1986
    524 C966 YOR 4wDM Yellow Rush Green Motors, Hitchen 1986
    527 C969 YOR 4wDM Yellow Rush Green Motors, Hitchen 1986

    Landrover

    Landrover vehicles

    Landrover road rail vehicles.

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    Builder Landrover

    Photo: Dan Cardwell

    Number Altnumber Name Status EVN Note Livery Depot Location Base Owner In Service
    . R436 XRA 4wDM Yellow PR Fawley Hill Railway PRE 1998
    / PSL 193   Plimsoll P 4wPMR Green Private Site, Northampton 1957
    105639 R135 NAU P 99 70 9976 014-9 4wDMR Yellow PR Dean Forest Railway PRE 1997
    146643 R447 XRA 4wDM White PR Ecclesbourne Valley Railway PRE 1998
    296 R482 JGG 4wDM White PR Ecclesbourne Valley Railway PRE 1998
    5 N5 WGM   29932   988185   Marshy A 4wDM Unknown
    609746 DK02 ORX A 4wDM White Contracked Lands, Maidstone 2002
    656671 016   BD03 LVH A 99 70 9976 031-3 4wDM White Contracked Lands, Maidstone 2003
    XLR 8104 R649 JFE A 4wDM White PR Nottingham Heritage Railway PRE 1997
    XLR 8123 S134 TBC 4wDM White PR South Devon Railway PRE 1998

    Multicar

    Multicar Vehicles

    Multicar is a small, specialized multifunctional equipment transporter manufactured at the Hako GmbH factory in Waltershausen, Germany. Multicar is the only brand that has survived from the East German IFA vehicle industry which still produces its own vehicles.

    In 1920 the present company was founded as the ADE works (named after Arthur Ade). It produced agricultural equipment, trailers and clutches. After the Second World War, production was resumed in 1946 under the name "Gerätebau Waltershausen".

    In 1948 the company was renamed VEB Fahrzeugwerk Waltershausen, a name it retained until its privatization in 1991. In 1956 production began on the DK 3 diesel cart (also known as the Diesel Ant, ants being hard-working). This had been developed in the Ludwigsfelde works and was actually an Electrocar with a diesel engine. Two years later, the first Multicar, the M21, was produced. By 1964, 14,000 units had left the factory in Waltershausen. For the following ten years the M22 mini truck left the production line, with 42,500 vehicles built. Until 1978, its successor, the M24, was produced with 25,600 vehicles leaving the factory, 48% of which were exported. The M25 was a major export; 70% went to the Comecon states and the West. The M25 had an IFA-built diesel engine with 33 kW (45 PS)

    In 1991, the state-owned factory was privatized, becoming Hako-Werke GmbH (Hako Works, Hako being short for Hans Koch & Son). The crucial driving force behind the turnaround - and after reunification - was the former director of materials management at Multicar, Manfred Windus, who was honored in 1993 as manager of the year. From 1993 to 2009, the M26 was produced.

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    Builder Multicar
    Number Altnumber Name Status Note Livery Depot Base Owner In Service
    . L263 MNU   P 4wDMR Yellow PR Ecclesbourne Valley Railway PRE 1993
    / MX14 LRJ   A 4wDM Orange Blackpool Transport Services 2014
    _ F511 LRR   4wDM Yellow Blyth Plant & Tool Hire 1989
    + L482 LNU   S 4wDM Yellow Doon Valley Railway 1993
    000339 M992 NNB   08 A 4wDM Orange Stagecoach, Sheffield 1994
    000406 L253 HKK   P 4wDM Yellow PR East Lancashire Railway PRE 1994
    000870 YM02 DJY   09 A Hako 4wDM Orange Stagecoach, Sheffield 2002
    16305 F540 YCK   P 4wDM White PR Midland Railway - Butterley PRE 1988
    YS63 FMG A Hako 4wDM Orange Stagecoach, Sheffield 2014
    BX64 VMA A Hako 4wDM Yellow Midland Metro 2015

    Unimog

    Unimog Road Railers

    Unimog is a range of multi-purpose all-wheel drive medium trucks produced by Daimler AG (formerly Daimler-Benz) and sold under the Mercedes-Benz brand.

    The Unimog road-railer version is used for shunting, maintenance and cleaning tasks. Railway companies, operators of metros and city railways (as well as service providers in track construction and maintenance) can deploy the implement carrier easily as its road and wheels allow it to go almost anywhere on their networks.

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    Builder Daimler AG

    Photo: Dan Cardwell

    Number Altnumber Name Status EVN Note Livery Depot Location Base Owner In Service
    004971 KAR 536V   50 KM 19   DRC 730J S 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow MOD MOD 1970
    008983 Q317 GRN A 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow PR Llangollen Railway PRE 1992
    027869 Q454 JTT 4wDM - Mercedes White PR Whitwell & Reepham Railway Station PRE 1999
    029065 938   Q204 HFR A 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow Blackpool Transport Services 1998
    072061 7146   A 99 70 9977 048-9 4wDM TXM Rail, Wigan
    072555 A 4wDM
    083216 SV 210   4wDM Unknown, last seen at Trac Engineering 1982
    092692 Q240 JBV A 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow Haltermann Carless, Harwich 2006
    101335 L84   1335   A456 NWX 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow 1984
    107598 7097   A 99 70 9977 038-7 4wDM TXM Rail, Wigan
    126262 L85   1130   C622 EWT P 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow LT Museum Acton TFL 1986
    130580 924   1143   A 99 70 9977 013-0 4wDM Stobart Rail, Carlisle
    132889 70108491   Q270 GAN 4wDM Yellow Barrow Hill
    140729 1188   F171 DUA 4wDM - Zweiweg White Nexus, Northumberland NEXUS 1989
    160572 1291   031   A 99 70 9977 011-4 4wDM Stobart Rail, Carlisle
    164499 1402   024   A 99 70 9979 030-2 4wDM A.P. Webb Plant Hire
    166200 Q179 VOH A 4wDM - Yamaha Black Midland Metro 1998
    166228 020   A 99 70 9977 012-2 4wDM Stobart Rail, Carlisle
    166648 XTU 2104   2104   H867 ARB A 4wDM - Mercedes Orange Balfour Beatty, Sandiacre 1991
    170264 041   A 99 70 9979 029-4 4wDM A.P. Webb Plant Hire
    172544 939   J271 TEC A 4wDM - Mercedes Black Blackpool Transport Services 1992
    181336 7150   A 99 70 9977 046-0 4wDM TXM Rail, Wigan
    184949 7147   A 99 70 9977 044-5 4wDM TXM Rail, Wigan
    185657 7149   A 99 70 9977 045-2 4wDM TXM Rail, Wigan
    191802 1812   SV 062   062   62   S948 DWL 99 70 9979 081-5 4wDM - Mercedes Black Trac Engineering 1999
    195311 1850   061   61   A 99 70 9977 010-6 4wDM Stobart Rail, Carlisle
    197737 RRU 09   09   9   AD02 FKU A 99 70 9979 060-9 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow Private Site 2002
    199146 9210   A 4wDM CEVA Freight, Tamworth
    199635 3139   FG52 WCC A 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow Nottingham NET 2002
    199725 5020   FA51 XOV A 99 70 9979 023-7 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow TXM Rail, Wigan 2001
    200083 NA59 JNN A 4wDM - Vauxhall Black Nexus, Northumberland NEXUS 2010
    201624 GK03 ACX A 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow Nottingham NET 2003
    208343 NK12 CWZ A 99 70 9979 101-1 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow Nexus, Northumberland NEXUS 2012
    208529 SV 090   0051   AE06 PFM   E15 RRV O 99 70 9977 014-8 4wDM Grey Elmec Solutions, Ripley 2006
    209478 UNIMOG 04   FH06 LBG A 99 70 9979 073-4 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow W & D McCulloch 2006
    215665 1   EBA 01D15A 009   1340   3810   Unimog 1 A 99 70 9977 079-1 4wDM Quattro Plant Ltd, Stratford 2008
    224283 SN12 DWG A 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow Edinburgh Trams 2012
    239027 NK16 GUX A 99 70 9942 161-9 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow Nexus, Northumberland NEXUS 2016
    239031 NK16 GUW A 99 70 9942 162-7 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow Nexus, Northumberland NEXUS 2016
    240772 2   1341   Unimog 2 A 99 70 9977 035-3 4wDM Quattro Plant Ltd, Stratford 2015
    240933 3   4346   A 99 70 9977 058-5 4wDM Quattro Plant Ltd, Stratford 2016
    240938 4   4345   A 99 70 9977 057-7 4wDM Quattro Plant Ltd, Stratford 2016
    242230 AE66 CPU A 99 70 9977 041-1 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow Nexus, Northumberland NEXUS 2016
    242499 AE66 CPV A 99 70 9977 042-9 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow Nexus, Northumberland NEXUS 2016
    249135 4453   YX67 AMV A 99 70 9977 049-4 4wDM - Mercedes Yellow W & D McCulloch 2017
    259520 NK69 ADO A 99 70 9979 108-6 Mercedes U423 4wDM Yellow Kettering Depot Sidings 2019
    261391 208127   NK70 DJX A 99 70 9979 110-2 Mercedes U423 4wDM Yellow Kettering Depot Sidings 2020
    266048 4715   YX22 CVC A Mercedes U423 4wDM Yellow Queens Depot Manchester Metrolink 25/8/2022