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{{Infobox wagon
|image = B707261 20190514.jpg
|caption = B707261 is was paired with GWR Hand Crane 446
|construc = BR Ashford
|status = StoredFormer resident
|wagno = B 707261
|othernos = ADB 707261, I/U 060983
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}}Crane runner '''B 707261''' 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>.
==Preservation==
The hand crane and crane runner arrived on the SVR on 6 December 1982 from Bristol, having been acquired by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]].<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> Both spent some time stored in the ‘[[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, while the crane runner will would be swapped with a [[GWR 2501 'Rotank' 6-Wheeled Road Milk Tank Flat Wagon|GWR flat wagon ]] that will 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.
In May 2019 the GWR 813 Preservation Fund expected the vehicle would move to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway<ref>Baxter, Nick J. P., SVR Unofficial Facebook, 5 May 2019</ref>, although that sale was never completed and by August 2019 it was for sale again.<ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/rolling-stock-for-sale.11670/page-33 National Preservation Forum] 'Rolling Stock for Sale' (retrieved 12 August 2019)</ref> In July 2021 it moved to the Nene Valley Railway.
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BR 707261 Crane Runner.jpg|707261 stored in the Stourport Triangle
GWR_446_and_B707261_20190323.jpg|707261 with GWR 446 at Bewdley in March 2019