Under restoration at 'Locomotion', the National Railway Museum's outstation at Shildon, County Durham, is this steam crane believed to date from 1915. When complete, it will look similar to this 1917 Coles Steam Crane at Beamish http://electric-edwardians.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/coles-steam-crane-1917.html
If it is Smith 12407 as plated; then surely nearer 1935?
ReplyDeleteWas it not ex McAlpine, ex LPTB?
An odd machine in any case - buffers one end only and they mounted on the turning bed plate.