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South Wales road/rail unit
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No: 31164   Contributor: Andy Fish   Year: 2012   Manufacturer: Mercedes-Benz   Country: United Kingdom
South Wales road/rail unit

One of two appliances supplied to South Wales Fire and Rescue Service by Network Rail this 2001 Unimog U1650 with rail equipment fitted by Two Way Engineering is intended for use at incidents in the 4 mile long Severn tunnel. Whilst still carrying the station name of Caldicot the vehicle is now operational from Maindee, Newport.
The second, larger (Volvo FL6) road rail unit is based at Malpas in Newport.
Avon Fire and Rescue Service also operate two road rail units to allow for dual approach along the tunnel to incidents.
Picture added on 11 January 2012 at 22:57
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