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{{Infobox wagon|image = GWR_446_and_B707261_20190514.jpg |caption = GWR 6Tons Hand Crane 446|construc = GWR Swindon|status = Awaiting restoration|wagno = 446|othernos = ADW 446, I/U 060982|designed = |diagram = H|lot = |wagtype = |telcode = |brakes = |built = 1896|years1 = 1982|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}[[File: GWR_446_20150322GWR 446 plan.jpg jpeg|thumb|300px|right| GWR 6Tons 16cwt Hand Crane Blueprint of 446]]This GWR hand crane 446 was built at Swindon in 1896and had a 3 ton capacity while moving slowly, or 6 tons while stationary with the outriggers extended.<ref>The cast iron plate on the crane gives the maximum lift as 6 tons. www.vintagecarriagestrust.org and www.gwr813.org both give the maximum lift as 6t 16cwt</ref> This type of crane was a common sight in large yards, where they would be used for transhipping defective wagons and lifting heavy spare parts. They would also numbered 060982travel to smaller stations as required to load and unload wagons where there was no suitable fixed crane. <br>A large crank handle was used to raise and lower the crane’s hook. It arrived By attaching the hook back on to the crane itself (as seen in the picture to the right), it could also be used to raise and lower the SVR jib. Once the jib was at the required height, locking pins would be put in December 1982 from Bristoland the hook detached to be used for lifting. Therefore, having been acquired by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]it was not possible to alter the height or radius of the jib while a load was on the hook<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>.

==Service==The crane saw service the GWR and later with BR(W).<ref name=SB9/> It is photographed in March 2015 situated in carried the ‘Bewdley Triangle’, the junction of the Stourport Branch Departmental number ADW 446<ref name=SVRN86>SVR News 86</ref> and was also given the present day SVR south of Bewdley. It is paired with [[BR 707261 Crane Runner | Crane Runner 707261]]Internal User number I/U 060982<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref>.

==SourcesPreservation==Railway Heritage Register [[File:GWR446.16.01.88.jpg|thumb|300px|right |GWR Crane 446 in use at Bewdley in 1988]]The crane arrived on the SVR on 6 December 1982 from Bristol, having been acquired by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]. A small amount of work was carried out in 1983 in order to make it fit for an insurance inspection.<ref>SVR News 71</ref> It was photographed at Bewdley in 1987,<ref name=SVRN86/> although by 1998 it had yet to be restored and was stored at Kidderminster.<ref name=SB9/><ref>GWR813.org</ref> The first photograph below shows the crane in March 2015 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. The crane is paired with [[BR 707261 Crane Runner | Crane Runner 707261]], a modified BR Conflat, which will be swapped with [[GWR 2501 'Rotank' 6-Wheeled Road Milk Tank Flat Wagon Survey]] that will better suit the crane.<ref>SVR Wagons Facebook 13 January 2019</ref> In March 2019 the crane and runner were moved to Bewdley (second picture below). In May 2019 both had reached Arley. <gallery>GWR_446_20150322.jpg|Stored in the Stourport Triangle in 2015GWR_446_and_B707261_20190323.jpg| At Bewdley in March 2019 </gallery> ==See also==[[Other_rolling_stock#Cranes_and_jib_runners | List of cranes]]<br>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition[[Rolling stock currently under restoration]] ==References==<references/>

*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=8147 GWR 446 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>*[http://www.gwr813.org/446pagew94.htm html GWR 446 on gwr813.org]

==See also==[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagonsCategory:Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]][[Category:Featured articles]]