BR 707261 Crane Runner

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707261 is paired with GWRGreat Western Railway Hand Crane 446

707261 began life as a Container Flat (CONFLAT A), built by BRBritish Rail or British Railways at Ashford in 1957. It was later converted for use as a crane runner.

It arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in December 1982 from Bristol, having been acquired by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund. It is stored in the ‘Bewdley Triangle’, the junction of the Stourport Branch and the present day SVRSevern Valley Railway south of Bewdley, where it is paired with Hand Crane GWR 446.


Sources

Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey
SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition

Links

BR 707261 on vintagecarriagestrust.org

See also

List of goods wagons