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Ransomes & Rapier was formed in 1869 when four engineers, James Allen Ransome (1806–1875), his elder son, Robert James Ransome (c.1831–1891), Richard Christopher Rapier (1836–1897) and Arthur Alec Bennett (1842–1916), left the parent firm by agreement to establish a new firm on a site on the River Orwell to continue the business of manufacturing railway equipment and other heavy works.
Steam breakdown crane Manchester, Cravens: 1907 York [215] 1975–7051 NER: 14974 Four-wheel loco sand wagon 1912 Shildon [216] (available for transfer out of the collection 2021) [217] 1978–7095 LSWR: 1904 Gunpowder Van Eastleigh, LSWR Dia No. 1701 1912 Yeovil [218] LNWR: 21408 Goods van Earlestown, LNWR Dia No. 88 1917 York [219] 1978 ...
Rail Crane Rail SPA Crane (750 mm) Czech PW maintenance crane Electric crane replacing track on the Toronto streetcar system (1917). A railway crane (North America: railroad crane, crane car or wrecker; UK: breakdown crane) is a type of crane used on a railway for one of three primary purposes: freight handling in goods yards, permanent way (PW) maintenance, and accident recovery work.
It was then converted to breakdown staff van becoming no.70011 being modified losing its interior and double doors cut into the body side, it was finally withdrawn in 1988 before arriving at the railway in 2001, it is hoped to be restored to its departmental condition and work with the railways SR 45 ton steam crane. [27]
Built 2005 as working replica of 1840 Broad Gauge 2-2-2. [35] GWR Iron Duke Class: Iron Duke: Static Display Built 1985 as working replica of early Broad Gauge 4-2-2. On loan from National Railway Museum. Breakdown Crane RS1054 Under restoration Built 1930. Ex LMS Cowan Sheldon 50 ton steam crane. Steam Crane 23059 For restoration
A third crane was later converted for railway use and became self-propelled, although it was primarily used for demonstration purposes before being sold privately. This crane featured a red and vermilion color scheme, while the other two were predominantly red oxide. Crane No.2 was displayed in burgundy at Ballasalla and Castletown for a period.
A wagon load of narrow gauge track points, loaded at Hudson's on 14 December 1953, caused a spectacular derailment at Longniddry Junction near Edinburgh at 00.41 on 17 December. The top set of points came loose when the rope broke and fouled the up line just as an express parcels train approached.
Narrow-gauge railway used for cable maintenance. Moved to the new Woodhead tunnel, completed in 2016. The narrow gauge railway through the old tunnel is now disused Stourport Power Station? 1989 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Stourport, England Internal line. J.S. Fry and Sons railway [4]? after 1967 2 ft (610 mm) Somerdale, England
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