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[[File: BR_1087_30_20150307.jpg |thumb|200px300px|right| BR Cowans Sheldon Craneand Jib Runner]]==Steam Crane==
RS 1087 is a 30-ton steam crane was built by Cowans Sheldon of Carlisle in 1960<ref>[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7476 Vintage Carriage Trust]</ref><ref>[http://www.ontrackplant.com/otp/RS1087 ontrackplant.com]</ref>. It was formerly used at BR's Chester West MPD, and was acquired by the SVR in 1977.
[[File: BR_1087_30_20150322.jpg |thumb|200px300px|right| Manufacturer's plate showing Works No 60 of 1960]]It is currently believed that the crane still existing on the SVR is RS 1087, but carrying the number [[Cowans Sheldon 30-ton steam crane RS 1091|RS 1091]], which formerly belonged to another crane owned by the SVR, which was cut up in 2010. The crane at Bridgnorth bears a manufacturer's plate showing Works No 60 of 1960 which is consistent with RS 1087 (RS 1091 was Works No 65 of 1960). ==Crane Runner==Each Crane was paired with a Cowans Sheldon 4-wheeled Crane Jib Runner, respectively numbered BR DB 998520 and DB 998524. DB 998520 arrived with RS 1087 in August 1983 from the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. DB 998524 arrived with RS 1091 in June 1977 from Chester. The Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey states that both crane runners was inspected in February 2013. It is therefore likely that the crane runner on the steam crane in service is BR DB 998520, although it does not carry a makers plate to confirm this.  ==Sources==Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<br>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition<br> ==Links==[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7449 Crane ADB RS 1087/30 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7476 Crane ADB RS 1091/30 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7450 Jib Runner 998520 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7477 Jib Runner 998524 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br><references />
==See also==
[[Other rolling stock | List of other rolling stock on the SVR]]
 
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