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| Author: | Jeff Mullier [ 18 Jul 2012, 23:08 ] |
| Post subject: | 1995 Vintage 110T Cowans Boyd Crane RC110-11T Preserved |
The 110 Tonne capacity Cowans Boyd diesel hydraulic breakdown crane built for New South Wales Railways Freight Rail divsion in 1995 and written off after a lifting mishap in 2007 has been bought for preservation by the Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum. |
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| Author: | Roger Cooke [ 19 Jul 2012, 09:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1995 Vintage 110T Cowans Boyd Crane RC110-11T Preserved |
Interesting news and good to hear! Do you know of any photos of this one? |
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| Author: | Jeff Mullier [ 19 Jul 2012, 21:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1995 Vintage 110T Cowans Boyd Crane RC110-11T Preserved |
No photos of my own, but here are links to 2 theads on another forum that show some photos of the crane in question including the incident that wrote it off. http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11362427.htm http://www.railpage.com.au/f-p751774.htm#751774 |
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| Author: | Roger Cooke [ 20 Jul 2012, 10:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1995 Vintage 110T Cowans Boyd Crane RC110-11T Preserved |
Thanks for the links, Jeff. Interesting story. I have found a couple more photos, which clearly show the destroyed cab, here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/15264656@N ... otostream/ Amazingly the crane driver, though apparently serious injured and trapped in the cab for some 80 minutes, survived. The crane apparently overturned when loading the third and last removable ballast weight which it had been carrying back onto the "buddy wagon" while packing up. Outriggers were not deployed at the time. There are some more photos of it here: http://wagonfreak.blogspot.co.uk/2011/0 ... crane.html These were taken during the "storage" years after recovery and although there are some intersting things to note (such as the displaced main rams) it doesn't look too badly damaged. The Dorrigo museum already has a 120-ton crane amongst others, and it wouldn't surprise me to see this one back up and running one day. |
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