News & Projects
Hi rail excavators have been popular in Australia for many years with the traditional route to getting on-track being the conversion of an Australian sourced machine. However, the recent introduction of stringent standards and requirements by many rail networks and the addition of the forthcoming AS7502 Road-Rail Vehicles Standard has lead many to consider importing…
Our engineers have been testing the latest vehicle in the Land Cruiser hyrail range. The narrow gauge road-rail vehicle has been extensively re-designed to incorporate an air bag compatible protection bar, automatic axle locks and on this particular vehicle, directional lighting for use on-rail. The use of automatic axle locks, more commonly found on heavy…
Aries Rail are pleased to announce that they are now the official agent for COLMAR Technik rail products in Australia and New Zealand offering a range road rail excavators and loaders along with the complete Colmar range of rail construction and maintenance products. Since 1967 Colmar have been producing road rail loaders with an extensive…
Aries Rail have just completed another rail guidance system for a Hino FD1124 truck. The vehicle is adapted to run on narrow gauge rail and will soon be operating in New Zealand where it will carry out rail flaw detection and analysis.
Aries Rail are pleased to announce the launch of their automatic braking system for hyrail / road-rail vehicles. The result of an intensive 12 month development process, the automatic brake system is a revolutionary way of braking rail wheels on hyrail or road-rail vehicles. The system utilises a rugged electronic control unit that has an…
Aries Rail are pleased to announce the launch of their automatic braking system for hyrail / road-rail vehicles. The result of an intensive 12 month development process, the automatic brake system is a revolutionary way of braking rail wheels on hyrail or road-rail vehicles. The system utilises a rugged electronic control unit that has an…
Built on a Hino FD1124 this truck will be put to work spraying weeds in rail corridors throughout Western Australia. The spray boom is mounted on a lifting system designed by Perpetual Engineering and manufactured by Aries Rail. By housing the boom up on the rear of the tray the boom is protected from damage…
With a GVM of 24,000kg the FXZ is a popular choice with many applications including this 3-way tipper design. Aries Rail carried out the hyrail conversion on this vehicle to allow the client to fulfil a contract in the Pilbara region of Australia. The compact design of the rear hyrail reduces the length of chassis…
Aries Rail carried out a hyrail conversion on a new Volvo L70F to allow shunting of loads in a rail yard. Equipped with rail brake controls, vigilance driver monitoring and automatic steering locks, safe shunting is assured. This machine follows other similar conversions to Volvo wheeled loaders, providing the client with a tried and tested…