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 Forum: News and Sightings   Topic: ADRC96100 For Sale

Roger Cooke
 Post subject: Re: ADRC96100 For Sale
Posted: 28 Aug 2024, 09:45 

Replies: 1
Views: 13325
Just to update this thread, it is sad to report that nothing came from the attempts to find a buyer for ADRC96100 and the crane was scrapped at Carnforth during March 2023. This was the first of the Modernisation Plan 30-ton diesel-mechanical cranes to be built and was the first powered breakdown cr...

 Forum: Introduce Yourself   Topic: Graham Cottrell KWVR

Roger Cooke
 Post subject: Re: Graham Cottrell KWVR
Posted: 28 Aug 2024, 09:05 

Replies: 1
Views: 254
Welcome Graham! My apologies for the glitch which delayed the process for a shamefully long time, we have had a few "issues" lately but are trying hard to sort them out. It is great news to hear that work is underway to return MP4 to working order, and the prospect of one day seeing MP4 an...

 Forum: News and Sightings   Topic: ADRR95214 NYMR Ransomes 45T

Roger Cooke
Posted: 08 Apr 2024, 20:24 

Replies: 4
Views: 12677
This crane is now advertised in the latest online edition of Traction & Rolling Stock Advertiser:-

https://www.tractionads.co.uk/html/_current.html

"Bought as seen, buyer to remove from railway".

 Forum: News and Sightings   Topic: ADRR95214 NYMR Ransomes 45T

Roger Cooke
Posted: 06 Apr 2024, 10:11 

Replies: 4
Views: 12677
A follow-up to my question above, two very reliable contributors report sightings of ADRR95212 during 2023. The crane was photographed in March 2023 (see link below) and subsequently also sighted in September 2023. Many thanks to Andrew and Chris for the good news. Photo here: https://andrewstranspo...

 Forum: News and Sightings   Topic: ADRR95214 NYMR Ransomes 45T

Roger Cooke
Posted: 11 Mar 2024, 20:44 

Replies: 4
Views: 12677
Interesting. Only yesterday I heard a rumour from a very reliable source that "a big crane" will be listyed in the next issue of Traction & Rolling Stock Advertiser. I imagine that this will be it. If it is, I really hope it finds a new home and doesn't go the way of DS1560 and ADRC961...

 Forum: Military Breakdown Cranes   Topic: Preserved Military Ransomes & Rapier 45t crane(s)

Roger Cooke
Posted: 27 Jul 2023, 14:27 

Replies: 12
Views: 113690
Anyone finding this thread of interest might want to check out the recent book " British Coastal Weapons vs German Coastal Weapons: The Dover Strait 1940–44 " by Neil Short and Adam Hook, amazon link here . This is a thorough study of both British and German coastal batteries and railguns ...

 Forum: Breakdown Cranes and Recovery Operations on Film   Topic: MP9 photocharter - YouTube video

Roger Cooke
Posted: 02 Mar 2023, 19:10 

Replies: 0
Views: 43493
MP9, the Bahamas Locomotive Society 50-ton Cravens Breakdown Crane at the KWVR, was paired with "Black Five" 45212 for a photocharter on St David's Day 2023.

Someone has kindly posted a video on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDRDw_RuDrw

 Forum: Technical Matters   Topic: Drawings link

Roger Cooke
 Post subject: Re: Drawings link
Posted: 06 Jan 2023, 22:37 

Replies: 1
Views: 7002
There are some very interesting drawings in that collection, very many thanks for posting the link and making them available.

 Forum: Breakdown Cranes and Recovery Operations on Film   Topic: A couple of cranes in trouble in Germany

Roger Cooke
Posted: 06 Jan 2023, 00:30 

Replies: 4
Views: 8932
It may simply be that nearly all rail cranes are Kirow now, so if a crane falls over it probably will be one. It is also possible that a growing dependence on automatic safety features is making operators less intuitively aware of danger, so if the safety system fails or is switched off the risk of ...

 Forum: Breakdown Cranes and Recovery Operations on Film   Topic: A couple of cranes in trouble in Germany

Roger Cooke
Posted: 03 Jan 2023, 17:40 

Replies: 4
Views: 8932
I happened across these two YouTube videos earlier, showing a couple of crane incidents in Germany. Evidently it is still easy enough to make them fall over. I thought that others might find them of interest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQh8KN52NbI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuMLwMP4v8I
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