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DESTINATION DYSERTH
ROAD
5th August 2007
Freightliner Depot Maintenance
Truck - 1/72 scale
Planned for delivery to Dyserth Road
during August/September 2007, this
is yet another specialist vehicle to add to their fleet
of liveried road vehicles at the new Container Terminal.
Freightliner
already use this type of truck at their Maritime
operation at Southampton to maintain their fleet of
locomotives, and Dyserth Road set us the challenge to
replicate the same vehicle for them.
Two trucks on different chassis
cabs have been built side by side as one off vehicles,
the first on a Scania chassis and second on the shorter
Mercedes chassis.
Cab layout and design lent the Mercedes closer to the
real thing at Maritime, and it was therefore agreed by
both us and the new owner operators at Dyserth, that the
Mercedes would be the one to serve at the container
port.
It is truly unique, with the bed scratch
built, chassis modifications, the
authentic Freightliner green and yellow
livery applied and the PalFinger crane
re-sprayed and modified to fit, these to
mention just a few of the tasks of this
project.
A huge amount of man hours have been
invested in design and construction of
this vehicle and it will certainly be
something quite different at the
maintenance area of the new Dyserth Road
container port, and another additional
Freightliner vehicle to the existing
fleet of Transits we have already
supplied
The Freightliner Ford Transit Vans
and Minibuses were designed specifically for the new
container terminal and have since been made available to
all
here, however this will not be the case with this
Mercedes maintenance truck, it is a one off model
vehicle.
To read more about the fate of the Freightliner Scania
maintenance truck, (the first vehicle) go to our
specials page
here.
Network Rail Ford Transit Van - 1/72 scale
Network Rail deploy a new style Ford
Transit based 'Mess' van at Dyserth Road
Scale Vehicles for Model Railways are
again delighted to announce a further
order from the infamous Dyserth Road,
this time in the form of one of our Ford
Transit based new style Network Rail
'Mess' Vans.
Supplied ready to go, the van has just
been converted from a standard 53 plate
Transit at our workshops and will de
delivered back to Dyserth Road mid-late
November 2007.
Peering through the large side windows
of the mess van it is clearly equipped
for looking after crews for all rail
engineering duties.
The Network Rail Mess van destined for
Dyserth Road is expected to play a
prominent deployment role in all areas
of the Network between the Freightliner
operated container port and the rural
out lying areas.
Read more about
Dyserth Road and to see if you can spot
the new Network Rail Mess Van, click
here
Freightliner Ford Transit Vans and
Minibuses - 1/72 scale
 DESTINATION DYSERTH
ROAD
23rd May 2007
Dyserth Road have ordered Ford
Transits for their New Container
Terminal Operation. These Transits
were liveried into Freightliner's yellow
and green colours, turned around and
despatched within 24 hours for
destination Dyserth Road.
The Ford
Transits will play a major role in the
daily operation of the new container
terminal currently under construction at
Dyserth Road
Maintenance
of the Freightliner locomotive fleet is
paramount and by equipping their
engineers with these Transit Vans they
are ensuring the right vehicle is on
hand to represent the company and its
important operation.
In addition
to the van versions, a Ford Transit
Minibus has also been ordered in the
same distinctive yellow and green stripe
Freightliner livery.
This
vehicle will primarily be used to
transport the workforce and train crews
safely around the massive new layout
site.
Read more about
the new container terminal being built
at Dyserth Road
here or click on the image below
One of the
new Ford Transit Minibus vehicles
pictured onsite at the new container
terminal.
One of the
Dyserth Road based class 47 locomotives
(47150) can be seen behind the minibus.
To see more of our range of Model
Vehicles for Model Railways,
click here
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