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 Forum: Technical Matters   Topic: Weight difference

Chris Roe
 Post subject: Weight difference
Posted: 14 Jan 2011, 17:15 

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Thought I would throw something in here to get it started.

Does anyone know what the difference in weight was between the cranes as steam and when they were converted to Deisel hydraulic ? I would guess they would be lighter after conversion.

Chris

 Forum: Breakdown Cranes Overseas   Topic: South Africa

Chris Roe
 Post subject: South Africa
Posted: 14 Jan 2011, 16:46 

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Cowans Sheldon 10 ton steam crane worked at South African Railways' Koedoespoort workshops. Today the workshops belong to Transnet Rail Engineering and the crane is a museum piece, mounted on a short piece of track at the main entrance to the works. http://steam-locomotives-south-africa.blogspot.com...

 Forum: Introduce Yourself   Topic: Bryan Blundell

Chris Roe
 Post subject: Re: Bryan Blundell
Posted: 14 Jan 2011, 14:59 

Replies: 9
Views: 36601
One of the Stratford ploughs when it was first built, I believe they were built on class 31 bogies but cant be sure

I will try & find some more

 Forum: News and Sightings   Topic: Link to site for sightings and photographs

Chris Roe
Posted: 14 Jan 2011, 13:57 

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Thanks for that, although not a crane it was good to see the photo of a BRUFF with the MFD equiptment. MFD was very good kit & a favorite of mine.
The Stratford BRUFF was C957 YOR

Chris

 Forum: Introduce Yourself   Topic: A quick Hello

Chris Roe
 Post subject: Re: A quick Hello
Posted: 13 Jan 2011, 00:26 

Replies: 10
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Bet the BRSA club was opening so Robbo ended where he was :)

 Forum: Introduce Yourself   Topic: A quick Hello

Chris Roe
 Post subject: Re: A quick Hello
Posted: 13 Jan 2011, 00:20 

Replies: 10
Views: 34253
Very strange ! almost seems as though he gave up writing it .................. and then I woke up and it was all a dream !!!!! LOL

 Forum: Introduce Yourself   Topic: A quick Hello

Chris Roe
 Post subject: Re: A quick Hello
Posted: 12 Jan 2011, 11:03 

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Views: 34253
Not quite sure of the relief crane number, more likely to be 704, if I can find my pictures I took some of the two cranes together when 701 came back from Ashford & we were swapping all the kit back into our jib carrier, for some reason the spare had no spreader beam of its own. About a year aft...

 Forum: Joining and Using the Forum   Topic: Usernames - A Personal View

Chris Roe
Posted: 12 Jan 2011, 09:39 

Replies: 2
Views: 18214
I will Third that, no need to hide on a group like this.

You never know who you may spot. I lost touch with all my old crew but there is always a possibility of reuniting with old friends if I can see the names.

Chris

 Forum: Introduce Yourself   Topic: Bryan Blundell

Chris Roe
 Post subject: Re: Bryan Blundell
Posted: 12 Jan 2011, 09:32 

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Also spending too much time on the web looking for old photos and details of snowploughs. Bryan, I have some photo`s of the two ploughs we built at Stratford somewhere when they were all shiny & new :) I will try & find them. The Stratford Ploughs were normaly manned by the BDV fitter or fo...

 Forum: Introduce Yourself   Topic: A quick Hello

Chris Roe
 Post subject: Re: A quick Hello
Posted: 12 Jan 2011, 09:20 

Replies: 10
Views: 34253
Thank you for the warm welcome. Just to add why ADRC96701 went to Ashford, I believe it was that whilst out on a job & the breakdown train was in sidings, the crane had been moved behind the tool vans ready to propel onto the site in the morning, at some time during the night they moved the flat...
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