56096 delivered 701043 into the Works. This was the first time out for a pair of Meridian Generic UBV's (Universal Barrier Vans), developed in partnership with Dellner, with new UIC numbers for potential running into Europe.
These barriers were Motorail vans, converted in 1998-99 using running gear from much earlier GUV vans. Some of these continue as brake force runners in test train usage.
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UBV 96605 (96.70 .0096.605-1) Ernest which includes a translator interface to work with the 'Aventra' series.