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 Forum: News and Sightings   Topic: ADRC95222

Roger Cooke
 Post subject: Re: ADRC95222
Posted: 09 Jun 2025, 10:49 

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It has now been confirmed that this crane has indeed been cut up. This now brings the total number of British breakdown cranes scrapped from preservation to six (which is 17% of those initially preserved): R&R 45-ton 1560 (SR, 1940) CS 30-ton RS1091/30 (BR, 1960), ADRC96100 (BR, 1961), ADRC96101...

 Forum: News and Sightings   Topic: ADRC95222

Roger Cooke
 Post subject: ADRC95222
Posted: 30 May 2025, 14:36 

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There are several reports on Facebook that the GCR(N)'s Cowans Sheldon 36/45 ton crane ADRC95222 was due to have been (and possibly was) scrapped yesterday. Built to an LNER order but delivered to BR, this crane was initially numbered 941602 and allocated to Immingham, later Grimsby, before being tr...

 Forum: Breakdown Cranes and Recovery Operations on Film   Topic: Willesden's 50-ton Craven crane RS1015/50, 1949.

Roger Cooke
Posted: 27 Apr 2025, 16:47 

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I watched this film again the other day when it was screened on the "Talking Pictures" channel. Not noted in my earlier post is a scene which takes place with the backdrop of Wellingborough's RS1067/30, the first of the LMS 30-tonners from R&R in 1942. This takes place around the 1 hou...

 Forum: Breakdown Cranes and Recovery Operations on Film   Topic: French heavy breakdown cranes

Roger Cooke
Posted: 09 Jan 2025, 14:02 

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I've just stumbled across the YouTube video linked below, a rather good collection of films (albeit in French) covering the heavy breakdown cranes operated by the S.N.C.F., various recovery operations, and finally an in-depth look at the famous Diplodocus military crane. https://www.youtube.com/watc...

 Forum: Technical Matters   Topic: Cowans Sheldon drawings

Roger Cooke
 Post subject: Re: Cowans Sheldon drawings
Posted: 07 Jan 2025, 09:56 

Replies: 15
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Ken, that is a stunning creation, truly magnificent! It would be fascinating to see some photos of it working. I've taken the liberty of posting below some direct links to some of the photos on the Birmingham Society of Model Engineers website to make it easier for readers to enjoy: https://www.birm...

 Forum: Military Breakdown Cranes   Topic: Preserved Military Ransomes & Rapier 45t crane(s)

Roger Cooke
Posted: 11 Oct 2024, 11:47 

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... It is known therefore that at the very least six cranes worked in support of the big guns in Kent, namely:- LMS - RS1015/50, plus one unidentified SR - 1560S, 1561S, plus either 1196S or 1197S LNER - 941600 ... Swindon-based author Peter Timms has written several books about Swindon Works, base...

 Forum: News and Sightings   Topic: RS1015/50 update

Roger Cooke
 Post subject: Re: RS1015/50 update
Posted: 11 Oct 2024, 08:55 

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Thanks Pete, I do admire the use you make of this fine crane.

Thanks for the link to the BLS page, another very informative page.

 Forum: Breakdown Cranes and Recovery Operations on Film   Topic: NYMR's 45-ton CS crane SB1 in action on YT

Roger Cooke
Posted: 08 Oct 2024, 17:00 

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There is some quite good footage of the NYMR's ex-LNER Cowans Sheldon crane ADRC95224 ex-SB1 in action about eight minutes into the YouTube clip linked below. Not exactly a heavy lift though! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqRtZizd_8s The currently-out-of-service 45-ton Ransomes & Rapier crane ...

 Forum: Makers, Allocations, Dates and other Miscellaneous   Topic: Kirow DRK81602 & DRK81611

Roger Cooke
Posted: 08 Oct 2024, 16:54 

Replies: 3
Views: 20429
They had appeared as plain text for some reason, but it was the work of a moment to change.

 Forum: News and Sightings   Topic: Website

Roger Cooke
 Post subject: Re: Website
Posted: 07 Oct 2024, 14:12 

Replies: 3
Views: 32144
Thank you for your kind words, gents, they are appreciated. The only real measure of worth for the BDCA website and forum which we as the admin team (all two of us) get to see is in the forum activity. There are visitor figures for the site itself, but there is nothing to indicate if they were accid...
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