The fleet of Windhoff built
Multiple Purpose Vehicles (MPVs) perform a wide variety of departmental duties for Network Rail and supporting companies. One specialist MPV is the High Definition Switches & Crossings Video Inspection Train (DR 98008) which originally was part of Network Rail's fleet of Overhead Line MPVs [1]. This is a double cab single car vehicle (most MPVs have cabs at one end only and operate in pairs).
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| DR 98008 at Manchester Piccadilly |
| Information |
| Number built: |
1 |
| Built: |
(Modified) 2012 |
| Builder: |
Windhoff |
| Engine: |
2 Railpac diesel engines |
| Power: |
710 hp (530 kW) |
It is used by Network Rail's Asset Information department with visual inspection equipment especially for switches and crossings (pointwork in other words). It has a version of the Plain Line Pattern Recognition (PLPR) system, which compares video footage of the track with a database of track fixings so broken fixings and irregularities can be detected [2], for switches and crossings. It is also fitted with a track geometry system.
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| DR 98008 at Derby |
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| Another view of DR 98008 at Manchester Piccadilly |
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| Full length view |
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| Close-up view of one end |
[1] Colin J Marsden, Rail Guide 2013 (Ian Allan, 2013) p. 204
[2] "DR98009" On Track Plant, http://www.ontrackplant.com/otp/98008
