alan turner (RIP) Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 andy that photo should be disallowed as although the crane has rails alongside it it doesn't run on them. Of course we could start a new theme on military cranes of all sorts. Back to tracks a couple from Longmoor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon_M Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 (edited) Well that's all the rail crane stuff I have, how about a road / rail trailer then? This is one I bought in Virginia and restored to tow behind my road / rail Dodge panel van conversion. Before; After; Edited December 10, 2009 by Gordon_M speelung Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Oops ! Sorry Alan got carried away with all the old crane pics ! :-D Heres a Railway crane from Chatham ! My father has some experience of maintaining a similar type when they were used at Burt Bolton Timber in Erith ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Another shot ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Is the frame a loading gauge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minesweeper Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I took it to be that. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utt61 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Great photos! I would be very pleased to see more photos of the Ransomes & Rapier crane at Longmoor (in the RH background) if anyone has them. Here (for no very good reason) is a photo of my crane, a rather big restoration project although it is not quite as far gone as it looks. Built in 1908, it is the second oldest breakdown crane in the country and the oldest outside the National Collection, and is in fact the only 'proper' GWR breakdown crane to have survived (by which I mean one ordered by the GWR - there are three much later ones which were ordered on Government account as a war precaution and allocated to the GWR which also still exist). When built, it was so 'modern' that it redefined the standards for such cranes and the features it pioneered then became standard on all such cranes until the advent of the hydraulic jib cranes of the 1970s. I suppose that there is some legitimacy for posting this crane here, since there are several photos in existence of this crane at Swindon Works engaged on war production work, doing things like loading LCTs onto wagons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minesweeper Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Where ever do you keep it? Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utt61 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 A heritage railway in Somerset. Don't think the neighbours would approve if I brought it home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 A heritage railway in Somerset. Don't think the neighbours would approve if I brought it home! Top man :bow::bow::bow:! Well done and thanks for saving her and letting us see her !:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 A heritage railway in Somerset. Don't think the neighbours would approve if I brought it home! East Somerset Railway of West? Nice crane Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrettkitt Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Great photos! I would be very pleased to see more photos of the Ransomes & Rapier crane at Longmoor (in the RH background) if anyone has them. Here (for no very good reason) is a photo of my crane, a rather big restoration project although it is not quite as far gone as it looks. Built in 1908, it is the second oldest breakdown crane in the country and the oldest outside the National Collection, and is in fact the only 'proper' GWR breakdown crane to have survived (by which I mean one ordered by the GWR - there are three much later ones which were ordered on Government account as a war precaution and allocated to the GWR which also still exist). When built, it was so 'modern' that it redefined the standards for such cranes and the features it pioneered then became standard on all such cranes until the advent of the hydraulic jib cranes of the 1970s. I suppose that there is some legitimacy for posting this crane here, since there are several photos in existence of this crane at Swindon Works engaged on war production work, doing things like loading LCTs onto wagons. More pics please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utt61 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 East Somerset Railway or West? Nice crane Mark East. There are some photos on the ESR website, but I will dig out some more pictures, including some old ones, and post in due course, provided that no-one objects to them being posted here (it not being an MV and me not wanting to break any forum rules!). I forgot to mention in the last post that at the time it was built, at 36-tons, it was the largest capacity railway crane in GB albeit only for a few months (the GWR took delivery of a second 36-ton crane from Stothert & Pitt of Bath later the same year). Perhaps more extraodinarily for such an oldie, it would appear that it was also the last steam powered breakdown crane to make a lift on BR metals when, in August 1989 and by then owned by the Dart Valley Railway, it took down a signal gantry at Goodrington. So it has a lot of history in it. Thank you all for your interest and for letting me ramble on about it here! It is my hope that in the not too distant future I can get a website running and 'blog' the restoration. Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 ok, a couple from my collection Mark 3rd one ex WD 78654 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderChuff Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Yes. An excellent book. It would be of interest if you could post further details of this book by Karl Martin, thanks. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Cant really think of a great deal to say about it. It is a very good book though. 150 pages. Lots of photos from 1922 to modern day. Worth getting a copy. Should cost about £25. However a copy on Amazon is £80. No copies on Abe. Cant find it on Barbarossa books at all. May be hard to get now or out of print i suppose. Put a search on E bay and see if one turns up. Good luck Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bystander Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 ok, a couple from my collection Mark 3rd one ex WD 78654 Thanks - pictures in WD livery seem relatively rare. I have some glass slides of them in my collection being unloaded off HMS Hampton Ferry, presumably some time after D-Day (together with a load of other wartime SR photos). If anyone is interested I could scan them in (when I am less busy than I am at present). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bill Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 They sound interesting. I'm always pleased to see pictures of Austerities! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 A bit modern I know, but this picture contains three of my favourite things- military vehicles, beer and trains... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan turner (RIP) Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 railway modellers weekend 5/6th june coming up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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