Melvelle × Melrose Mobile Hydraulics
Put your fleet on the rails
Hi-rail drive and guidance systems for excavators, trucks, utes and plant up to 30,000 kg GVM — manufactured, installed, certified and maintained by our own engineers in Newcastle.
A new Melvelle division
Melrose Mobile Hydraulics joins Melvelle
Melrose Mobile Hydraulics has been fitting road-rail and hi-rail systems to motor vehicles, trucks, excavators, backhoes, telehandlers and skid steers for Australia's biggest rail operators. Now, as part of the Melvelle group, that capability is backed by our engineering, manufacturing and OEM service teams under one roof.
Together we cover the full journey: consult on the right base machine, engineer the conversion, manufacture and fit the hi-rail gear, certify it for network operation, then service it for life.
Under the tray
Driven rail wheels, not just guides
Hydraulic drive to the rail wheels means the vehicle pulls itself along the track under its own power — filmed on one of our hi-rail LandCruiser conversions.
Ford Super Duty
hi-rail ute
Our next flagship build: a Ford Super Duty converted for road-rail operation — serious payload, crew comfort and genuine line-speed capability in one vehicle. Register your interest and be first to see it on track.
Register interestPictured: our road-rail dual cab. Super Duty build photos coming soon.
What we convert
If it has wheels, we can rail it
Vehicles up to 30,000 kg GVM. Hydraulically driven rail wheels up to 28 km/h. Field service and workshop support after delivery.
Excavators & earthmoving plant
Hi-rail drive and guidance systems for excavators, backhoes, dozers, telehandlers and skid steers — with hydraulically driven rail wheels for travel speeds up to 28 km/h on track.
Trucks & light vehicles
Road-rail conversions for trucks and utes up to 30,000 kg GVM, engineered for fast on/off-tracking and safe, stable running at line speed.
Custom rail machines
Bogie trolleys, shunters, dump trucks and one-off machines — if it needs to work on rail, our engineering team can design, build and certify it.
Attachments & maintenance
Rail attachment manufacture, hydraulic installations, scheduled servicing and breakdown support — in our workshop or in the field.
Attachments
Built here, working here
Rail attachments designed and manufactured in our Newcastle workshop, shown on the machines they were built for.
Undercutter bar
Cutting ballast out from under the sleepers without lifting the track.
Rail brush
Sweeping ballast clear of the sleepers and off the rail head.
Rail lifter
Lifting and placing rail with a magnet head on the excavator boom.
Delivered projects
Recent conversions
A sample of machines we've put on track — from excavators and dozers to custom bogie trolleys and shunters.
Two excavators, one possession
A pair of converted Yanmar excavators working a section together.
Brake testing on rail
Every conversion is tested on our own track before it leaves the workshop — rail wheels down, tracks clear, brakes proven.
Hi-rail dump truck
Articulated dumper on hi-rail gear, shifting spoil along the formation.
Trolley on and off track
A custom bogie trolley placed on rail by the excavator that will tow it — one machine, no crane.
More machines on track
Trusted by major operators and contractors across the Australian network.
Have a machine in mind?
Tell us the base vehicle and the job it needs to do — we'll come back with a conversion approach, timeline and price.