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PostPosted: 30 Oct 2012, 15:55 
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Some twenty number steam breakdown cranes, all 35 tonners, mainly Cowans Sheldon or Izzatnagar Works license built, are still operational on the metre gauge in 2012. Plus possibly a couple of spares. They are well over officail retirement age; but no new metre gauge cranes appear to be even near an order
Any information would be gratefully received.

These are the locations:
NER – Gonda, Mailani, Chhapra, Bareilly City.
NEFR: Rangapara North, Lumding, Badarpur.
SR: Thiruvarur, Madurai, Sengottai.
SCR: Akola.
WR: Mhow, Sabarmati, Jetalsar.
ECR: Jhanjapur, Saharsa, Narkatiaganj.
NWR: Udaipur, Churu, Sriganganer.

The delivery of some 74 no. 140 ton capacity diesel cranes in the last twenty five years has eliminated steam breakdown cranes on the broad gauge; the last being withdrawn ca. 2010.
Eight telescopic jib 175 ton cranes were being tendered earlier this year....no decision known.

There are a number of broad gauge and metre gauge BDCs preserved.
See http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/cra ... esasia.htm


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