South Devon Railway's contract engineering arm South Devon Railway Engineering has now finalised a major contracted repair and repaint for railway infrastructure services company Colas Rail UK on HST power car 43277.
- Bodywork repairs
- Underframe attention
- Electrical cubicle component repairs
- Mechanical and electrical cab equipment repairs
- Full repaint in Colas Rail UK livery
Rob Evans, manager of South Devon Railway Engineering, said:
“This was a tremendous project to work on and we were delighted to have won this business from Colas Rail UK. It has been a great achievement for South Devon Railway Engineering and all our great team of skilled engineers, as we continue to branch out into new areas of work, expanding the business's commercial profile. We are looking forward to continuing extending our capabilities in the future.”
The end of February saw the power car leave South Devon Railway and head to Colas Rail UK's Rugby depot where the locomotive will be displayed as part of its launch and where the power car was named Safety Task Force by Nick Millington MBE of Network Rail.
Some minor engine repair work will be carried out on 43277 and once this is complete it will move back into service as part of a number of HSTs, which are part of a fleet that Network Rail uses to inspect tracks right across the country.
Further to holding the nameplates, the locomotive will also carry a plate celebrating its refurbishment by South Devon Railway Engineering.
Fantastic work. It looks brilliant. Lucky enough to see it in action at York earlier this month. Hope many more can be refurbished to this standard and used on the network. Congratulations to all those involved.
Very nice livery.
It looks absolutely awful. No HST should ever be painted the same colour as Dinald Trumps face.
Bit late to the draw there, it left Buckfastleigh in January and its naming ceremony last week
Unfortunately the press release with the pictures was only sent out at the end of the day yesterday, and so published by us this morning.
No it left in February and most pictures used here were only released this week