An incomplete listing of cranes, Wickham trolleys and other miscellaneous items of rolling stock formerly resident on the SVRSevern Valley Railway.
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 1087/30 |
Cowans Sheldon 30-ton Steam Crane |
1960 |
1977 |
2010 |
Cut up for scrap. Crane jib runner and some parts retained
|
707261 |
Ex ConflatGWR telegraphic code signifying a flat wagon for containers 'A'. Formerly Crane Runner with GWR 446. |
1957 |
1982 |
2021 |
To Nene Valley Railway
|
Wickham Trolleys
Number(s) |
Works no |
Type |
Engine |
Arrived |
Links |
Status / Notes
|
B198W (P2P) |
?/? |
Type 17A? |
2 cylinder |
Ex Northampton 28 Nov 1968 |
RCTS Photo |
Cannibalised for spares[2]
|
PWM2827 (B190W) |
Unknown/1949 |
Not recorded |
4 cyl Ford ‘Popular’ |
Ex Worcester 3 Apr 1971 |
|
|
PWM3774 (B13W) |
6653/1953 |
Not recorded |
4 cyl Ford ‘Popular’ |
Ex Worcester 3 Apr 1971 |
|
Listed as an unpowered trailer in 2006.[3] Whereabouts now unknown.
|
PWM2830 (B193M) |
Unknown/1949 |
Not recorded |
4 cyl Ford ‘Popular’ |
Ex Bilston 10 July 1971 |
|
Now at Royal Deeside Railway.[4]
|
9032 |
8200?/Unknown |
Type 27 Mk III |
4 cyl Ford ‘Anglia’ |
Ex Longtown (Army) 1977 |
Flickr photo |
Still present in 1998.
|
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[5] |
1972 |
1999 |
Last used in the late 1970s? Broken up at Kidderminster in June 1999.[6]
|
? |
Plasser & Theurer Type 04 tamper[7] [8] |
1980 |
? |
In use until the mid-90s. By the late '90s visiting tampers were being used instead.[9]
|
? |
Plasser & Theurer Type 04 tamper |
1989 |
1994 |
Ex-Irish 5ft 3in gauge acquired for spares[7] and scrapped in 1994 after usable parts were salvaged.[10]
|
? |
Lining machine |
1989 |
? |
Received in semi-derelict condition, restored to use in 1989.[7] Still in use in 1994.[11]
|
K890OLV |
Liebherr 902ZW Road Rail 360 |
2004 |
2017 |
Sold and moved from the SVRSevern Valley Railway
|
RU411 |
Plasser and Theurer UST 79 S universal tamping machine |
Circa 2011 |
2019 |
The machine was owned by B&R Track Services. Around 2019 RU411 was sold and moved from the SVRSevern Valley Railway.[12]
|
73202 |
Plasser and Theurer 07-16 Universal Liner/Tamper |
Circa 2011 |
2020 |
Owned by B&R Track Services. At the SVRSevern Valley Railway at various times between 2003 and 2011 then mainly resident, although occasionally visiting other railways, until leaving in 2020.
|
4199 |
Rexquote Super Railer Excavator |
2017 |
2023 |
EVN/RIV number 99709 940193-4. Sold to the Ribble Valley Railway and left 24 January 2023.
|
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stock Book 7
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Sixth Edition
- ↑ SVR-Online Forum
- ↑ Ontrack Plant
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 33
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 130
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 SVRSevern Valley Railway News 94
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 58
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 123, 124, 129 etc
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 111
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 112
- ↑ Bob Foster, Unofficial SVRSevern Valley Railway Facebook, 31 July 2020