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 Forum: Technical Matters   Topic: Cowans Sheldon drawings

JackMains
 Post subject: Re: Cowans Sheldon drawings
Posted: 08 Jan 2025, 04:40 

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Hello Ken, That is an impressive and remarkable model you have created, all the more for it being fully working. Did you use an actual hydraulic system for the motions (with all its complications) or did you find ways around this ? You could post a link to a Cloud drive like Google Drive or Onedrive...

 Forum: Breakdown Cranes Overseas   Topic: Cowans Sheldon 75 t SWL crane in New Zealand

JackMains
Posted: 18 Sep 2023, 22:38 

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Hello Bryan - the gauge is 3' 6" (1067 mm).

 Forum: Breakdown Cranes Overseas   Topic: Cowans Sheldon 75 t SWL crane in New Zealand

JackMains
Posted: 11 Sep 2023, 21:51 

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Hello Mick, The photo is of how it was before overhaul and modification. The modification retains the original 2 section 60 t SWL boom, but gives the option of an interchangeable 3 section 20 t SWL rated for use fully extended horizontally giving the ability to lift 20 t at 13 m measured off the sho...

 Forum: Breakdown Cranes Overseas   Topic: Cowans Sheldon 75 t SWL crane in New Zealand

JackMains
Posted: 11 Sep 2023, 05:50 

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While the 75 t SWL cranes built by Cowans Sheldon and used on the UK network are well known to this forum, what is perhaps less well known is that two cranes of the same design, but with a different carriage and relieving bogies to suit a narrow gauge network, were bought by New Zealand Railways (no...
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