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[[File:GWR RS38.jpg|thumb|300px|right| GWR RS38 lifting signalling components at Hampton Loade circa 1970.]]
[[File:Cleobury Road Bridge Repairs 1973.jpg|thumb|300px|right| The 1973 Cleobury Road Bridge overhaul]]
Formerly resident on the SVR, GWR RS38 is thought to be the last steam crane built for the GWR and supplied by Joseph Booth & Bros of Rodley, Leeds in 1947. The usual lifting capacity is 2½ tons. In GWR/BR service RS38 was paired with two match trucks, DW38 and DW39, both built in 1917 at Swindon. It was used for coaling and ash disposal at Stourbridge MPD until its closure by BR in 1967.<ref name=SB6>SVR Stock Book Sixth Edition</ref>
Following the closure of Stourbridge MPD, the crane and match trucks were acquired by the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|Severn Valley Railway Company]], arriving on the SVR on 13 April 1968. All three were repainted in GWR livery in 1971. The crane was briefly used for locomotive coaling and subsequently for P Way and other engineering activities.,<ref name=SB6/> including the refurbishment of the [[Cleobury Road Bridge]] in 1973 (pictured), during which it failed, requiring the remaining rails to be moved into place by hand.<ref>SVR News 31</ref> A larger 6-ton crane [[Smiths, Rodley DW35 6-ton steam crane|DW35]] was acquired in 1974, following which RS38 and its match trucks left for the Llangollen Railway in 1978.<ref>[httphttps://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3075 SVRA Forum]</ref>
==See also==
[[Wagons Other rolling stock formerly resident on the SVR]]
==References==
==Links==
*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7150 GWR RS38 on Vintage Carriages TrustRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Booth_%26_Bros Joseph Booth & Bros on Wikipedia]<br>*[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Joseph_Booth_and_Brothers Joseph Booth & Bros on Grace's Guide]