An incomplete listing of cranes, Wickham trollies and other miscellaneous items of rolling stock formerly resident on the SVR.
Contents
Cranes and jib runners
Number |
Type |
Built |
Arrived |
Left |
Notes
|
RS 38 |
2½ ton steam crane |
1947 |
1968 |
1978 |
To Llangollen with match trucks DW38 / DW39.[1] Now at Swindon & Cricklade
|
DW 38 |
Match truck for RS 38 |
1917 |
1968 |
1978 |
To Llangollen with RS38.
|
DW 39 |
Match truck for RS 38 |
1917 |
1968 |
1978 |
To Llangollen with RS38.
|
RS 1091/30 |
Cowans Sheldon 30-ton Steam Crane |
1960 |
1977 |
2010 |
Cut up for scrap. Some parts retained for RS 1087/30 whose upper works carry this number
|
998520 |
Crane jib runner for RS 1091/30 |
|
1977 |
2010 |
Assumed scrapped with RS 1091/30
|
On track plant
Number |
Type |
Arrived |
Left |
Notes
|
PWM 4025 |
Matisa Leylander Tamper |
1971 |
? |
Formerly based at Shrewsbury and used on the Severn Valley Branch from the 1950s until 1963.[1] Last used in the late 1970s?
|
TT65RD |
Plassermatic Tamper[2] |
1972 |
1999 |
Last used in the late 1970s? Broken up at Kidderminster in June 1999.[3]
|
? |
Plasser & Theurer Type 04 tamper[4] [5] |
1980 |
? |
In use until the mid-90s. By the late '90s visiting tampers were being used instead.[6]
|
? |
Plasser & Theurer Type 04 tamper |
1989 |
1994 |
Ex-Irish 5ft 3in gauge acquired for spares[4] and scrapped in 1994 after usable parts were salvaged.[7]
|
? |
Lining machine |
1989 |
? |
Received in semi-derelict condition, restored to use in 1989.[4] Still in use in 1994.[8]
|
See alsoReferences
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stock Book 7
- ↑ SVR News 33
- ↑ SVR News 130
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 SVR News 94
- ↑ SVR News 58
- ↑ SVR News 123, 124, 129 etc
- ↑ SVR News 111
- ↑ SVR News 112