Electrification and Overhead Line Equipment


Unipart Rail is your performance improvement partner for electrification and OLE projects.

OLE Mobile Mapping

Improving efficiency by providing precise real-time OLE measurements, using LIDAR, laser and camera technology.

Gripple SwiftLine Rail Dropper

Fully adjustable and tool-free droppers that lower installation and repair times while increasing safety and reducing risk.

OLE Machines & Equipment

Specialist solutions for OLE maintenance including Mobile Elevated Work Platforms and storage, handling and laying equipment.

OLE Mobile Mapping

Geometry measurement for Overhead Line Catenary systems

tCat ‘OLE Mobile Mapping’ provides simple, precise real-time measurement of geometric parameters within a railway environment.

It provides LIDAR, laser and camera technology to survey Overhead Line and track clearances, obtaining precise real-time measurements. It also has a foldable design for ease of transport.

Gripple SwiftLine Rail Dropper

Up to 8 times faster to install than traditional droppers

With the Gripple SwiftLine Rail Dropper, conductive catenary droppers can be fully installed up to 8 times faster than traditional cable droppers.

The droppers can then be adjusted left and right along the messenger wire in seconds, using the lockable release cams, rapidly increasing the speed and efficiency of both installation and repair.

Watch the video below for a demonstration of the Gripple SwiftLine Rail Dropper’s installation speed and efficiency.

OLE Machines & Equipment

Specialist solutions for OLE maintenance including Mobile Elevated Work Platforms and storage, handling and laying equipment.

Mobile Elevated Work Platforms

The most innovative and technically advanced MEWPs available.

Unipart Rail is working in partnership with Rail Products, designer, developer
and manufacturer of specialist rail borne Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPs).

Offering a variety of flexible options, including the only MEWP available with a 360 degree basket rotation and the option to fit an advanced pantograph, the Rail Products range is the most innovative and technically advanced available across the global rail industry.

Working in conjunction with Manitou, Rail Products have launched four new
machines developed with the latest green technology to lower emissions and reduce environmental impact.
OLE Handling Solutions
Innovative global solutions and equipment for railway maintenance and repair projects.

Unipart Rail and Thomson Engineering Design are working in partnership to deliver innovative solutions to improve the safety, productivity and efficiency of railway maintenance and repair projects on a worldwide basis.
 
The extensive product range covers all parts of the rail infrastructure including handling equipment for rails, sleepers and track panels as well as solutions for clipping and de-clipping, ballast and trackbed, cable and electrification, signals and crossings, barriers and access, adaptor heads and road haulage.
 
Thomson Engineering Design manufactures a variety of cable storage, handling and laying equipment for use across the global rail and construction sectors.

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Watch a demonstration video of the Gripple Rail Dropper

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