The fleet of Multi Purpose Vehicles has, as the name suggests, a number of roles on the British railway network. A key role being rail cleaning and weed killing. The vehicles were bought by Railtrack to allow the withdrawal of a variety of ex-revenue earning vehicles performing these roles [1] and are based off Windhoff's Cargosprinter unit.
DR98904 RHTT duties through Huyton
Information
Number built:
32
Built:
1999-
Builder:
Windhoff
Motor:
2 Railpac diesels
Power:
710 hp (530 kW)
Wheel arrangement:
Bo-Bo
MPVs usually operate in pairs, one of the units being unpowered. Most of the vehicle (apart from the cab) is a flat bed - the engine, transmission and other machinery being under the floor in the manner of a DMU. This allows for equipment modules or pods to be installed as per the duty required, such as tanks for rail head cleaning (RHTT) duties.
