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DW35 was used on another major infrastructure project, the installation of [[Bridgnorth Bypass Bridge]], during which it became the first vehicle to cross it on 27 February 1983.<ref>SVR News 67</ref> The following year it played a major role in [[The development of Kidderminster Town Station|the construction and opening of Kidderminster station]].<ref>SVR News 73</ref> On 31 July 1994 it scored another 'first' by becoming the first item of rolling stock to be turned on the newly installed [[Kidderminster Turntable]].
Use on permanent way and similar work continued well into the new millennium, for example helping with a major clear up at Kidderminster Carriage Shed in 2006 ahead of the opening of the new carriage washing plant.<ref>SVR News 156</ref> It was also used after the [[2007 Storm Damage]]; a picture of DW35 carrying out repair work at [[Highley]] appears on the front cover of [[Bibliography#Books|Phil Sowden’s publication 'The story of the Big Flood']]. However in recent years, lighter work of the type it used to carry out has been taken over by [[Other rolling stock#On track plant|On-track Plant such as Road-Railers]], with occasional heavier lifts being carried out by the [[Cowans Sheldon 30-ton steam crane]]. Consequently {{As of|2020|lc=y}} DW35 is stored in the siding at [[Eardington]], with the Presentation Committee exploring options to restore it.<ref>SVR News 211</ref>.
The crane is paired with '''Crane Jib Runner DW75''', which was built by the GWR at Swindon in 1927 for an earlier steam crane.
