Leaf cleaner MPV in UK gets named

[skinner75]

Some great names to choose from too:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgv80mxry1o

[Mol_PMB]

I thought Pulp Friction was by far the best of the names, but then I'm a wheel/rail interface engineer so there probably aren't many others that would understand how well this fits. Maybe next year...

[Flying Snail]

'Leaf-Fall Weapon' for me

[Horsetan]

Of course, in the days of steam, when there was sufficient manpower to keep vegetation mostly clear of the permanent way, leaves seem to have been less of a problem....

[commerlad]

13 hours ago, Horsetan said:

Of course, in the days of steam, when there was sufficient manpower to keep vegetation mostly clear of the permanent way, leaves seem to have been less of a problem....

 

But it is what that "Manpower" would cost now that is the problem. Also the actual trains had a part in necessitating the need to keep trees and undergrowth down as lineside fires are not wanted, even if farmers burning off stubble occasionally took out lineside hedgerows.