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Utility - Railway maintenance
Road-Rail Defender
Railway engineers fitted hydraulic guide wheels front and rear so a Defender could drive onto the track at a level crossing and run on the rails, carrying crews and tools to remote sections of line.
- Released
- 1990
- Ended
- 2016
Full technical specification
Figures are typical for the model range and vary by year, engine, body style and market.
Engine
- Type
- 300Tdi, Td5 or TDCi turbodiesel
- Power
- 111 - 122 bhp
Equipment
- Rail gear
- Hydraulically lowered rail guide wheels front and rear
- Gauge
- Standard gauge 1,435 mm
- Extras
- Beacons, rail brakes, tool lockers
Production
- Converters
- Various specialist rail engineering firms
- Users
- British Rail, Network Rail, contractors