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Someone recently asked a question in the GWR-elist Yahoo group seeking information about the allocations of cranes on the GWR and BR(W). In reply to his question I did a query on my legendary database to produce the following - it didn't seem right to put this info on the GWR-elist and not on the BDCA forum, the new centre of excellence for crane matters!

It would appear that in total there were 27 breakdown cranes which have been at some time allocated to the Western, and the list below gives all the allocation details that I know at present for these. This list excludes engineering cranes, cranes (which may or may not have been considered "breakdown cranes") with a lifting capacity of less than 15 tons, unpowered cranes, and also excludes the final Cowans Sheldon design of 75-tonne telejib crane of which the last few survivors are still in service.

I hope that the list will be intelligible, however the lack of any real
formatting capability on a forum of this type makes it a rather difficult task. I think
that much of this information has never actually been published before, at least
not in a single list - certainly I think that this is the first time that a list
of this kind has included those cranes built for companies other than the
GWR/BR(W) but allocated thereto later in life.

The general format is that for each crane there is a header line in the format:

The maker, the year built, capacity, the original owning company, the year it was withdrawn, and the current status

Then there is a block showing the different owning companies and/or regions in the format:

Company/Region, running number, date taken into ownership

Then a second block showing allocations, in the format:

Allocation, From date, To date




Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1900 15 GWR 1956 Scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Great Western Railway 1 1900
Great Western Railway 7 1909
British Railways Western Region 7 1948

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Oswestry c.1925 1930
Swindon 1930 1956
Slough c.1904 c.1925
Oswestry 1900 c.1904

Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1901 15 GWR 1965 Scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Great Western Railway 6 1901
British Railways Western Region 6 1948

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Swindon 1901 c.1946
Severn Tunnel c.1946 c.1955
Neath c.1955 1957


Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1901 15 GWR c.1962 Scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Great Western Railway 8 1901
British Railways Western Region 8 1948

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Newton Abbot 1936 1960


Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1902 20 LYR 1973 ? Scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway MP28 1902
London Midland & Scottish Railway MP28 1923
London Midland & Scottish Railway RS1062/20 1941
British Railways London Midland Region RS1062/20 1948
British Railways Western Region ADW25 1952

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Plaistow 1931 1942
Gloucester 1942 1963
Newton Heath 1902 1931
Swindon (Central Workshops Authority) 1963 1973?


Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1903 20 GWR 1965 Scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Great Western Railway 4 1903
British Railways Western Region 4 1948

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Bristol 1903 c.1940
Neath c.1940 1965


Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1903 20 GWR 1965 Scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Great Western Railway 5 1903
British Railways Western Region 5 1948

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Old Oak Common c.1903 ?
Swindon (Central Workshops Authority) ? 1965


Jessop & Appleby 1904 20 ADR 1956 Scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Alexandra Docks Railway ? 1904
Great Western Railway 74 1923
British Railways Western Region 74 1948

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Newport (Ebbw Junction) ? 1956
Newport (Pill) 1904 ?


Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. 1908 36 GWR 1975 Preserved ESR

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Great Western Railway 2 1908
British Railways Western Region 2 1948

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Swindon (Central Workshops Authority) 1908 1975


Stothert & Pitt Ltd. 1909 36 GWR c.1966 Scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Great Western Railway 1 1909
British Railways Western Region 1 1948

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Bristol (Bath Road) 1941 c.1962
Worcester c.1962 c.1966
Old Oak Common 1909 1941


Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. 1911 36 GWR 1966 Scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Great Western Railway 3 1911
British Railways Western Region 3 1948

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Neath 1965 1966
Landore ? c.1956
Newton Abbot c.1956 1965
Worcester c.1940 ?
Wolverhampton (Stafford Road) 1911 c.1940


Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1911 35 TVR 1969 Scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Taff Vale Railway1911
Great Western Railway 10 1923

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Cardiff (Cathays) 1911 pre-'47
Banbury pre'47 c.1961
Worcester c.1961 1969


Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1913 35 RR 1965 Scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Rhymney Railway1913
Great Western Railway 9 1923
British Railways Western Region 9 1948

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Newton Abbot 1936 c.1950
Caerphilly 1913 1936
Banbury c.1962 1965
Worcester c.1950 c.1962


Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. 1913 35 GER 1965 Unknown, presumed scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Great Eastern Railway 6A 1913
London & North Eastern Railway 941593 1923
British Railways Western Region 54 1949
British Railways London Midland Region RS1095/35 1961
English Electric Company Ltd1965

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Stratford 1913 1914
Neasden (GC) c.1940 1965
King's Cross c.1926 c.1940
Doncaster (Carr) 1923 c.1926
Stratford 1918 1923


Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1913 36 LNWR 1964 Scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
London & North Western Railway MP6 1913
London Midland & Scottish Railway RS1009/36 1923
British Railways London Midland Region RS1009/36 1948
British Railways Western Region RS1009/36 1962

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Lostock Hall 1961 1963
Preston 1913? 1961?
Swindon 1964 1964
Gloucester 1963 1964


Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1919 25 Barry Rly c.1972 Scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Barry Railway 10 1919
Great Western Railway 14 1923
British Railways Western Region 14 1948

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Margam c.1961 c.1970
Radyr c.1970 c.1972
Radyr c.1930 c.1961
Barry 1919 c.1930


Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1921 36 LSWR 1970 Scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
London & South Western Railway 7 1921
Southern Railway 37S 1923
British Railways Southern Region DS37 1948
British Railways Western Region ADW376 1963

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Worcester 1967 1968
Salisbury 1921 1967
Landore 1968 1970


Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. 1940 45 GWR 1986 Scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Great Western Railway 16 1940
British Railways Western Region ADW16 1948

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Saltley 1972 c.1984
Old Oak Common 1940 1972


Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. 1940 45 GWR 1982 Preserved GCR

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Great Western Railway 17 1940
British Railways Western Region ADW17 1948
British Railways London Midland Region RS1097/45 1963

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Wolverhampton (Stafford Road) 1940 1963
Oxley 1963 1968
Tyseley 1968 1969
Saltley 1969 (1972)
Willesden (1977) (1978)
Longsight (1978) (1978)
Crewe (9/78) 1982


Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. 1940 45 GWR 1983 Preserved WCRC

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Great Western Railway 18 1940
British Railways Western Region ADW18 1948

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Cardiff (Canton) 1940 1963
Plymouth (Laira) 1963 1965
Landore 1965 c.1972
Old Oak Common c.1972 1983


Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. 1940 45 GWR 1987 Preserved Swindon Works Ltd (Flour Mill)

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Great Western Railway 19 1940
British Railways Western Region ADW19 1948

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Bristol 1940 c.1948
Swindon (Central Workshops Authority) c.1948 1961
Bristol (Bath Road) 1961 c.1972
Plymouth (Laira) c.1972 1987


Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1943 30 LMSR 1969 Scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
London Midland & Scottish Railway RS1076/30 1943
British Railways Western Region 11 1949
British Railways London Midland Region RS1076/30 1963

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Crewe 1963 1967
Llandudno Junction 1944 1944
Shrewsbury 1944 1963
Rugby 1967 1969


Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1943 45 WD 1996 Preserved Llangollen Rly

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
War Department1943
British Railways Western Region RS1085/45 1986
British Railways London Midland Region RS1085/45 c.1960

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Crewe (C.M.E.) 1960 1986
Bescot 1969 1986
Plymouth (Laira) 1986 1996


Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. 1944 45 SR 1983 Preserved MHR

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
Southern Railway 1580S 1944
British Railways Southern Region DS1580 1948
British Railways Western Region ADW151 1963

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Exmouth Junction 1945 1965
Plymouth (Laira) 1/72 ?
Newton Abbot 8/65 1/72
Old Oak Common ? 1983


Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1960 30 BR(W) 1972 Preserved BRM, Tyseley

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
British Railways Western Region 139 1960

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Newport 1961 1971
Worcester 1971 1972


Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1960 30 BR(W) ? Scrapped

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
British Railways Western Region 140 1960
British Railways London Midland Region RS1099/30 1963
British Railways Western Region 140 or RS1099/30 ? 1966

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Banbury 1960 1963
Bescot 1963 1966
Chester 1966 1967
Oxley 1967 ?


Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1960 75 BR(W) 1996 Preserved ELR

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
British Railways Western Region 141 1960
British Railways Southern Region1988

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Swindon (Central Workshops Authority) 1962 1971
Bristol 1971 c.1976
Eastleigh 1978 1996


Cowans, Sheldon & Co. Ltd. 1960 75 BR(W) ? Preserved Shackerstone Rly Socy

(Owning Company/Region) (Number) (From)
British Railways Western Region 142 1960

(Allocation) (From) (To)
Bescot 1978 ?
Tyseley ? ?
Cardiff (Canton) 1960 1976


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