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[[File:__NOTOC__{{Infobox wagon|image = B707261 20190514.jpg|caption = B707261 was paired with GWR Hand Crane 446|construc = BR Ashford|status = Former resident|wagno = B 707261|othernos = ADB 707261 Crane Runner.jpg , I/U 060983|designed = |diagram = 1/069|lot = 3024|wagtype = Conflat A (as built)|capacity = 13 tons|telcode = |topscode = ZSV|brakes = |built = 1957|years1 = 1982|events1 = Arrived on the SVR|thumbyears2 = 2021|300pxevents2 = Left the SVR|rightyears3 = | events3 = }}Crane runner '''B 707261 is paired with ''' was resident on the SVR between 1982 and 2021. It began life as a Container Flat (CONFLAT A), built by BR at Ashford in 1957.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Rowland (1996)]] App. 4.</ref> It was later converted for use as a crane runner for [[GWR 446 6Tons 16cwt Hand Crane | Hand Crane GWR 446]], the crane and runner being numbered I/U 060982 and 060983 respectively<ref>[http://www.departmentals.com/departmental/060983 Departmentals.com]</ref>.
707261 began life as a Container Flat (CONFLAT A), built by BR at Ashford in 1957. It was later converted for use as a crane runner. ==Preservation==
It The hand crane and crane runner arrived on the SVR in on 6 December 1982 from Bristol, having been acquired by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]. <ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> It is Both spent some time stored in the ‘[[Bewdley Stourport Triangle]]’, the junction of the Stourport Branch and the present day SVR south of Bewdley. In January 2019 it was announced that the crane was to move to [[Arley]] for cosmetic restoration as a static display, where it is paired while the crane runner would be swapped with a [[GWR 446 6Tons 16cwt Hand Crane 2501 'Rotank' 6-Wheeled Road Milk Tank Flat Wagon| Hand Crane GWR 446flat wagon]]that would better suit the crane.<ref>SVR Wagons Facebook 13 January 2019</ref> In March 2019 the crane and runner were moved to Bewdley and in May to Arley.
==Sources==In May 2019 the GWR 813 Preservation Fund expected the vehicle would move to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<brref>Baxter, Nick J. P., SVR Stock Book Ninth EditionUnofficial Facebook, 5 May 2019<br/ref>, although that sale was never completed and by August 2019 it was for sale again.<references /ref>==Links==[httphttps://www.wsnational-preservation.vintagecarriagestrustcom/threads/rolling-stock-for-sale.org11670/wspage-33 National Preservation Forum] 'Rolling Stock for Sale' (retrieved 12 August 2019)</WagonInforef> In July 2021 it moved to the Nene Valley Railway, having been sold.asp?Ref <gallery mode=9633 packed heights=150px style="text-align:left">BR 707261 on vintagecarriagestrustCrane Runner.jpg|707261 stored in the Stourport TriangleGWR_446_and_B707261_20190323.org]jpg|707261 with GWR 446 at Bewdley in March 2019GWR 446 and B707261 20190514.jpg|707261 with GWR 446 at Arley in May 2019<br/gallery>
[[Category:Rolling stock at the Stourport Triangle]]==Links==*[[Categoryhttp:Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]//www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9633 BR 707261 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]
Remove category, a post shared by the 813 Fund says it's been sold to an NVR member
==See also==
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagonsOther rolling stock formerly resident on the SVR]] ==References==<references />