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Sometimes the simple solutions work best!

I always enjoy a good Land Rover story. This one certainly caught my attention! Imagine approaching a level crossing to find the barrier down and having this "Sand Rover" slowly drive by on the rails! Not the usual swoosh of that high speed train!

Also loving the yellow paint at the front - reminiscent of the old Intercity 125 colours, or perhaps the British Rail Class 37 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_37). 

Great job by Aquarius Railroad Technologies Limited in creating this wonderful conversion. I hope they can secure some patent protection for the inventions underlying the design.  They might also want to protect that trademark!

Owing to specially mounted wire brushes, the Sand Rover – which is designed by Aquarius Railroad Technologies Limited – can clean slippery leaf mulch off the rails as it travels. The Sand Rover also applies a citrus-based treatment to the track, which further helps to break up any leaves as well as coating the rails with dry sand which helps trains to grip the rails in the wetter autumnal weather.

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transport, patents