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Author: | Roger Cooke [ 09 Feb 2011, 17:18 ] |
Post subject: | GWR/BR(W) Cranes and allocations |
Someone recently asked a question in the GWR-elist Yahoo group seeking information about the allocations of cranes on the GWR and BR(W). In reply to his question I did a query on my legendary database to produce the following - it didn't seem right to put this info on the GWR-elist and not on the BDCA forum, the new centre of excellence for crane matters! It would appear that in total there were 27 breakdown cranes which have been at some time allocated to the Western, and the list below gives all the allocation details that I know at present for these. This list excludes engineering cranes, cranes (which may or may not have been considered "breakdown cranes") with a lifting capacity of less than 15 tons, unpowered cranes, and also excludes the final Cowans Sheldon design of 75-tonne telejib crane of which the last few survivors are still in service. I hope that the list will be intelligible, however the lack of any real formatting capability on a forum of this type makes it a rather difficult task. I think that much of this information has never actually been published before, at least not in a single list - certainly I think that this is the first time that a list of this kind has included those cranes built for companies other than the GWR/BR(W) but allocated thereto later in life. The general format is that for each crane there is a header line in the format: The maker, the year built, capacity, the original owning company, the year it was withdrawn, and the current status Then there is a block showing the different owning companies and/or regions in the format: Company/Region, running number, date taken into ownership Then a second block showing allocations, in the format: Allocation, From date, To date Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1900 15 GWR 1956 Scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Great Western Railway 1 1900 Great Western Railway 7 1909 British Railways Western Region 7 1948 (Allocation) (From) (To) Oswestry c.1925 1930 Swindon 1930 1956 Slough c.1904 c.1925 Oswestry 1900 c.1904 Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1901 15 GWR 1965 Scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Great Western Railway 6 1901 British Railways Western Region 6 1948 (Allocation) (From) (To) Swindon 1901 c.1946 Severn Tunnel c.1946 c.1955 Neath c.1955 1957 Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1901 15 GWR c.1962 Scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Great Western Railway 8 1901 British Railways Western Region 8 1948 (Allocation) (From) (To) Newton Abbot 1936 1960 Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1902 20 LYR 1973 ? Scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway MP28 1902 London Midland & Scottish Railway MP28 1923 London Midland & Scottish Railway RS1062/20 1941 British Railways London Midland Region RS1062/20 1948 British Railways Western Region ADW25 1952 (Allocation) (From) (To) Plaistow 1931 1942 Gloucester 1942 1963 Newton Heath 1902 1931 Swindon (Central Workshops Authority) 1963 1973? Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1903 20 GWR 1965 Scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Great Western Railway 4 1903 British Railways Western Region 4 1948 (Allocation) (From) (To) Bristol 1903 c.1940 Neath c.1940 1965 Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1903 20 GWR 1965 Scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Great Western Railway 5 1903 British Railways Western Region 5 1948 (Allocation) (From) (To) Old Oak Common c.1903 ? Swindon (Central Workshops Authority) ? 1965 Jessop & Appleby 1904 20 ADR 1956 Scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Alexandra Docks Railway ? 1904 Great Western Railway 74 1923 British Railways Western Region 74 1948 (Allocation) (From) (To) Newport (Ebbw Junction) ? 1956 Newport (Pill) 1904 ? Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. 1908 36 GWR 1975 Preserved ESR (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Great Western Railway 2 1908 British Railways Western Region 2 1948 (Allocation) (From) (To) Swindon (Central Workshops Authority) 1908 1975 Stothert & Pitt Ltd. 1909 36 GWR c.1966 Scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Great Western Railway 1 1909 British Railways Western Region 1 1948 (Allocation) (From) (To) Bristol (Bath Road) 1941 c.1962 Worcester c.1962 c.1966 Old Oak Common 1909 1941 Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. 1911 36 GWR 1966 Scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Great Western Railway 3 1911 British Railways Western Region 3 1948 (Allocation) (From) (To) Neath 1965 1966 Landore ? c.1956 Newton Abbot c.1956 1965 Worcester c.1940 ? Wolverhampton (Stafford Road) 1911 c.1940 Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1911 35 TVR 1969 Scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Taff Vale Railway1911 Great Western Railway 10 1923 (Allocation) (From) (To) Cardiff (Cathays) 1911 pre-'47 Banbury pre'47 c.1961 Worcester c.1961 1969 Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1913 35 RR 1965 Scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Rhymney Railway1913 Great Western Railway 9 1923 British Railways Western Region 9 1948 (Allocation) (From) (To) Newton Abbot 1936 c.1950 Caerphilly 1913 1936 Banbury c.1962 1965 Worcester c.1950 c.1962 Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. 1913 35 GER 1965 Unknown, presumed scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Great Eastern Railway 6A 1913 London & North Eastern Railway 941593 1923 British Railways Western Region 54 1949 British Railways London Midland Region RS1095/35 1961 English Electric Company Ltd1965 (Allocation) (From) (To) Stratford 1913 1914 Neasden (GC) c.1940 1965 King's Cross c.1926 c.1940 Doncaster (Carr) 1923 c.1926 Stratford 1918 1923 Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1913 36 LNWR 1964 Scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) London & North Western Railway MP6 1913 London Midland & Scottish Railway RS1009/36 1923 British Railways London Midland Region RS1009/36 1948 British Railways Western Region RS1009/36 1962 (Allocation) (From) (To) Lostock Hall 1961 1963 Preston 1913? 1961? Swindon 1964 1964 Gloucester 1963 1964 Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1919 25 Barry Rly c.1972 Scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Barry Railway 10 1919 Great Western Railway 14 1923 British Railways Western Region 14 1948 (Allocation) (From) (To) Margam c.1961 c.1970 Radyr c.1970 c.1972 Radyr c.1930 c.1961 Barry 1919 c.1930 Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1921 36 LSWR 1970 Scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) London & South Western Railway 7 1921 Southern Railway 37S 1923 British Railways Southern Region DS37 1948 British Railways Western Region ADW376 1963 (Allocation) (From) (To) Worcester 1967 1968 Salisbury 1921 1967 Landore 1968 1970 Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. 1940 45 GWR 1986 Scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Great Western Railway 16 1940 British Railways Western Region ADW16 1948 (Allocation) (From) (To) Saltley 1972 c.1984 Old Oak Common 1940 1972 Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. 1940 45 GWR 1982 Preserved GCR (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Great Western Railway 17 1940 British Railways Western Region ADW17 1948 British Railways London Midland Region RS1097/45 1963 (Allocation) (From) (To) Wolverhampton (Stafford Road) 1940 1963 Oxley 1963 1968 Tyseley 1968 1969 Saltley 1969 (1972) Willesden (1977) (1978) Longsight (1978) (1978) Crewe (9/78) 1982 Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. 1940 45 GWR 1983 Preserved WCRC (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Great Western Railway 18 1940 British Railways Western Region ADW18 1948 (Allocation) (From) (To) Cardiff (Canton) 1940 1963 Plymouth (Laira) 1963 1965 Landore 1965 c.1972 Old Oak Common c.1972 1983 Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. 1940 45 GWR 1987 Preserved Swindon Works Ltd (Flour Mill) (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Great Western Railway 19 1940 British Railways Western Region ADW19 1948 (Allocation) (From) (To) Bristol 1940 c.1948 Swindon (Central Workshops Authority) c.1948 1961 Bristol (Bath Road) 1961 c.1972 Plymouth (Laira) c.1972 1987 Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1943 30 LMSR 1969 Scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) London Midland & Scottish Railway RS1076/30 1943 British Railways Western Region 11 1949 British Railways London Midland Region RS1076/30 1963 (Allocation) (From) (To) Crewe 1963 1967 Llandudno Junction 1944 1944 Shrewsbury 1944 1963 Rugby 1967 1969 Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1943 45 WD 1996 Preserved Llangollen Rly (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) War Department1943 British Railways Western Region RS1085/45 1986 British Railways London Midland Region RS1085/45 c.1960 (Allocation) (From) (To) Crewe (C.M.E.) 1960 1986 Bescot 1969 1986 Plymouth (Laira) 1986 1996 Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. 1944 45 SR 1983 Preserved MHR (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) Southern Railway 1580S 1944 British Railways Southern Region DS1580 1948 British Railways Western Region ADW151 1963 (Allocation) (From) (To) Exmouth Junction 1945 1965 Plymouth (Laira) 1/72 ? Newton Abbot 8/65 1/72 Old Oak Common ? 1983 Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1960 30 BR(W) 1972 Preserved BRM, Tyseley (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) British Railways Western Region 139 1960 (Allocation) (From) (To) Newport 1961 1971 Worcester 1971 1972 Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1960 30 BR(W) ? Scrapped (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) British Railways Western Region 140 1960 British Railways London Midland Region RS1099/30 1963 British Railways Western Region 140 or RS1099/30 ? 1966 (Allocation) (From) (To) Banbury 1960 1963 Bescot 1963 1966 Chester 1966 1967 Oxley 1967 ? Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1960 75 BR(W) 1996 Preserved ELR (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) British Railways Western Region 141 1960 British Railways Southern Region1988 (Allocation) (From) (To) Swindon (Central Workshops Authority) 1962 1971 Bristol 1971 c.1976 Eastleigh 1978 1996 Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1960 75 BR(W) ? Preserved Shackerstone Rly Socy (Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From) British Railways Western Region 142 1960 (Allocation) (From) (To) Bescot 1978 ? Tyseley ? ? Cardiff (Canton) 1960 1976 |
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