Other rolling stock formerly resident on the SVR

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. 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
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
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. Whereabouts now unknown.
PWM2830 (B193M)	Unknown/1949	Not recorded	4 cyl Ford ‘Popular’	Ex Bilston 10 July 1971		Now at Royal Deeside Railway.
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. Last used in the late 1970s?
TT65RD	Plassermatic Tamper	1972	1999	Last used in the late 1970s? Broken up at Kidderminster in June 1999.
?	Plasser & Theurer Type 04 tamper	1980	?	In use until the mid-90s. By the late '90s visiting tampers were being used instead.
?	Plasser & Theurer Type 04 tamper	1989	1994	Ex-Irish 5ft 3in gauge acquired for spares and scrapped in 1994 after usable parts were salvaged.
?	Lining machine	1989	?	Received in semi-derelict condition, restored to use in 1989. Still in use in 1994.
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.
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

• List of rolling stock
• Other rolling stock currently resident on the SVR

References