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to keep another on the right track — literally. West Midlands-based engineering company Bruff has developed a kit which enables Land Rovers and Range Rovers to run on railway lines.
Now I know we don't want Land Rover to go off the rails, but do these vehicles really belong mixing it with the likes of an Intercity 125, or nuzzling in the sidings next to a few freight wagons?
Bruff seems to think so. It says its innovation will open up fresh uses, and therefore more sales for the vehicles. "The kit costs 27,800, and even with a top-price Range Rover at around 230,000 the conversion is cheaper than the cost of a light shunting engine," says Bruff. A new angle for salesmen, I suppose.
Bruff is expecting to sell 1,000 conversion kits a year — BR is apparently very keen. But what does it all mean? Could it be that ". . . the next vehicle at platform one is — a Land Rover?"