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[[File: GWR_446_20150322__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, 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>.

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 Triangle’‘[[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.

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, having been sold. <gallery mode=packed heights=Sources=150px style="text-align:left">BR 707261 Crane Runner.jpg|707261 stored in the Stourport TriangleGWR_446_and_B707261_20190323.jpg|707261 with GWR 446 at Bewdley in March 2019GWR 446 and B707261 20190514.jpg|707261 with GWR 446 at Arley in May 2019Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<br/gallery> ==See also==[[Other rolling stock formerly resident on the SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition<br>]] ==References==

*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9633 BR 707261 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br> ==See also==[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]Railway Heritage Register On-Line]