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BR 707261 Crane Runner

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BR 707261 Crane Runner
GWR 446 and B707261 20190323.jpg
707261 is paired with GWR Hand Crane 446
Built By BR Ashford
Status Stored
Number B 707261
Other Numbers ADB 707261, I/U 060983
History
Built 1957
Diagram 1/069
Lot 3024
Type Conflat A (as built)
Capacity 13 tons
TOPS code ZSV
1982 Arrived on the SVR

Goods Wagons

B 707261 began life as a Container Flat (CONFLAT A), built by BR at Ashford in 1957.[1] It was later converted for use as a crane runner for Hand Crane GWR 446, the crane and runner being numbered I/U 060982 and 060983 respectively.[2]

The hand crane and crane runner arrived on the SVR in December 1982 from Bristol, having been acquired by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund.[3] 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 be swapped with a GWR flat wagon that will better suit the crane.[4] In March 2019 the crane and runner were moved to Bewdley.

  • 707261 stored in the Stourport Triangle

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rowland (1996) App. 4.
  2. ↑ Departmentals.com
  3. ↑ SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition
  4. ↑ SVR Wagons Facebook 13 January 2019

Links

BR 707261 on vintagecarriagestrust.org

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