Nexus 2437
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Nexus 2437 or Unomatic 08-16M is a 39,200 kg plain line ballast tamper designed and manufactured in Linz, Austria, by Plasser & Theurer in 1989 for use on Nexus rail infrastructure.[1][2]
In 2014, it was replaced by a new £2.3 million tamper (MA60) as part of the "Metro: All Change" modernisation scheme.[3] In 2017, it was sold to Newag, who would refurbish it before selling it on to railway firms in South East Asia.[4][5] It left the Metro network on 18 December 2017, taken by a Convoi Exceptionnel low-loader from Hylton Street Permanent Way Depot to a ferry from Hull.[6] It was taken to a depot in Germany for refurbishment.
Sources
[edit | edit source]- ↑ UK Preserved Rolling Stocklist, "Record No: 39236" (accessed 22 January 2026)
- ↑ ontrackplant, "Nexus 2437" (archived)
- ↑ Nexus (13 March 2014), "Nexus unveils its new £2.3m rail maintenance vehicle" (archived)
- ↑ Nexus (29 December 2017), "Long serving Metro maintenance vehicle set for the Far East" (archived)
- ↑ RailUK (4 January 2018). "Tyne and Wear Metro track tamper to find new home in the Far East" (archived)
- ↑ @My_Metro (18 December 2017). "Just about ready for the off here at our Hylton Street rail yard in North Shields. The tamper weighs 32,000 Kilos [sic]. The Low Loader will take it to a ferry from Hull later today.". X (formerly known as Twitter)
