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Network Rail's National Plant & Equipment Show at Westwood Heath

Showstoppers!

Westwood Heath, on the outskirts of Coventry, was the setting for Network Rail’s recent National Plant & Equipment Show. Around 100 suppliers were invited to participate, presenting their products and services to maintenance engineers from all over the country. The show was the successor to the popular regional events that have been held for the past couple of years. Located in a large field across the road from Network Rail’s Westwood Training Centre, there was plenty of room for exhibits whilst the main building had facilities for meetings and press conferences.

On arrival, the first impression was of the display’s sheer scale. There were over 80 separate exhibits, with some stands having two or three suppliers sharing space. A central marquee offered free tea, coffee and lunch – and shelter when it rained as it did on the Monday and Thursday. However, Tuesday and Wednesday were dry so the rail engineer made the most of the conditions to look around the stands.

Looks very smart

First port of call was Hydrex. To one side of its display was the Neotec ELAN platform access basket which has recently gained product acceptance from Network Rail. The ELAN has been engineered to make OLE maintenance and construction easier with three elevating platforms, an off-road rubber-tracked chassis for easy on-tracking, and automatic cant levelling in rail mode for stable mobility. A crane arm is also fitted – this can be used via a remote control from any of the three workstations for added control and visibility.

Hydrex also had on show a gleaming Case 988 Megarailer – one of 50 RRVs that it has recently put through an upgrade programme. £3 million has been spent to bring the machines into line with RIS-1530-PLT Issue 2 by fitting an entirely new RCI system, adding cameras to remove blind spots and additional control valves to prohibit work at height when changing the diverter valve. The brakes have also been upgraded and the finished product given a full respray. The one on display certainly looked very smart.

Sitting under the arm of the Megarailer was a Bracke C16a tree felling head – a highly effective attachment that can cut down and remove trees up to 10” (260mm) in diameter. Hydrex reputedly have the only ones operating in the industry.

A watchful eye

Next stop was the Quattro caravan. For some time the firm has specialised in the hire of road-rail plant, including the small and versatile Multicar vehicles. A representative from Multicar was on hand to explain the latest range of vegetation control and drain-clearing bodies that are available for the vehicles. Naturally Quattro’s heavier plant was also on show as would be expected from a company that supplies almost a third of the rail sector’s RRVs.

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