Catenary maintanance car

Even on a freind's German layout, I can't resist an interesting piece of rolling stock. 

This is a Deutsche Bahn overhead line maintainence car. It's a Trix model, and very fienly detialed. The pan can be raised and the working platform swung out with the handrails raised. 

All in all, a nice, compact unit. Why don't we do this sort of thing in the UK? It all looks so neat to me. 

Quickly searching on the number brings up a photograph of the prototype. 

I think the model looks nicer, but I'd definetly have photographed the real thing if I'd seen it!