It is currently 29 Mar 2024, 00:30

All times are UTC [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 3 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Colchester 1913
PostPosted: 30 Aug 2016, 20:21 
Offline
BDCA Member

Joined: 26 Dec 2010, 19:06
Posts: 262
This photo appeared on a quiz topic on National Preservation.
Reason for the crash is as stated.
Colchester 1913, incorrect use of Sykes key and failure to carry out rule 55.
https://www.national-preservation.com/a ... jpg.22480/

My challenge to you is what was the crane in the photo.

_________________
Bryan

http://www.nymr-pway.co.uk/


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Colchester 1913
PostPosted: 01 Sep 2016, 10:28 
Offline
Site Admin

Joined: 15 Dec 2010, 22:30
Posts: 298
Location: North Cambridgeshire, UK
Another interesting submission, Bryan!

I can narrow the identification to either one of a pair of 20-ton cranes but will say no more for a day or two in case anyone else wants to have a go at it.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Colchester 1913
PostPosted: 02 Sep 2016, 09:05 
Offline

Joined: 23 Dec 2010, 00:07
Posts: 384
Location: Poole, Dorset
The design is quite unmistakeable and narrowing it to two is not hard. Identifying which of the two is, I submit, not likely to be possible (there are, as far as i know, no visual identifying features which differentiate between the two).

The book "The Wreck of the Cromer Express: The Colchester Railway Accident of 1913" by J. E. Connor (2003) has a series of 10 photos which show both cranes of the pair working at the scene of this accident, so there is conclusive proof that both were present.

Photos of these cranes are generally rare, and this accident and the book mentioned above provide the great proportion of the pictures currently known to exist.

Roger


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 3 posts ] 

All times are UTC [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 10 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group