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    UKMISC: Rail Cranes: Cowans Sheldon

    Cowans Sheldon Ltd Cranes

    Founded in 1846 at Woodbank Upperby, this Carlisle based engineering firm established a world leading reputation in the construction of rail and dock cranes. The firm was simply known in the city as “the cranemakers.”

    In 1857 Cowans Sheldon moved to the St Nicholas site on London Road that had once been the St Nicholas Leper Hospital. By 1858 the first railway crane had been produced and was used by the Carlisle & Maryport Railway Company.

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    ADRC96709 at Great Central Railway

    Photo: Dan Cardwell

    Number Altnumber Name Status Note Livery Depot Location Base Owner Scrapped
    2619 2819   S 5t 4w Hand Worked Yard Travelling Crane Black PR Strathspey Railway PRE
    2987 MP21   RS1020/30   S 30t 4w Steam Driven Breakdown Crane Black PR Lancashire Mining Museum PRE
    31145 ADRC96715   DB966094   S Cowans Sheldon 75 tonne YEL BU Nemesis Rail, Burton-on-Trent NRL UKDPT/Breakdown Cranes
    31146 ADRC96710   DB966089   S Cowans Sheldon 75 tonne YEL Southampton Docks, possibly being prepared for export NRL UKDPT/Breakdown Cranes
    31148 ADRC96713   DB966092   E Cowans Sheldon 75 tonne YEL NRL UKDPT/Breakdown Cranes
    31149 DB966093   ADRC96714   S Cowans Sheldon 75 t 8w Diesel Hydraulic Crane YEL PR Gwilli Railway PRE UKDPT/Breakdown Cranes
    31443 DRC 81541   DB969038   A 12t Bogie Diesel Hydraulic Crane Orange/Blue IN Tata Steel, Scunthorpe PO
    31447 DRC 81545   DB969042   S 12t Bogie Diesel Hydraulic Crane Yellow PR Lincolnshire Wolds Railway PRE
    3282 1   C619   S 5t 4w Yard Travelling Hand Crane Black PR Buckinghamshire Railway Centre QRS
    3310 971567   RS1062/36   ADRC95200   3   S 36t 8w Steam Driven Vertical Boiler Crane Black PR Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway PRE
    34358 S 15t Bogie Diesel Mechanical Crane Yellow PR Quinton Rail Technology Centre, Long Marston PRE
    34571 P 15t Bogie Diesel Mechanical Crane Yellow PR Avon Valley Railway PRE
    34582 63015   E4385   X Diesel Crane (ex steam Ransomes crane E4385/1937)
    4524 39A   SB1   941590   107   ADE330107   ADRC95224   P 45t 8w Steam Driven Vertical Boiler Breakdown Crane Red PR North Yorkshire Moors Railway PRE
    5111 6636   MP4   RS1005/50   ADRC95203   S 36/50t 8w Steam Driven Vertical Boiler Breakdown Crane Black PR Haworth Keighley & Worth Valley Railway PRE
    5112 MP2   RS1001/50   ADRC95202   D 36/50t 8w Steam Driven Vertical Boiler Breakdown Crane Red SK Midland Railway - Butterley PRE
    5113 MP10   1250   RS1054/50   ADRC95204   R 36/50t 8w Steam Driven Vertical Boiler Breakdown Crane Black DI Didcot Railway Centre PRE
    5755 DE941591   124   RS1106/36   ADRC95223   S 36t 8w Steam Driven Crane+RB Black PR Peak Rail PRE
    58 ADW139   ADB139   S 30t 10w Steam Driven Vertical Boiler Crane Red PR Tyseley Locomotive Works PRE
    60 RS1087/30   ADM1087/30   ADM1091/30   P 30t 10w Steam Driven Vertical Boiler Crane Red PR Severn Valley Railway PRE
    C623 A 7.5t Bogie Diesel Hydraulic Crane Tube Profile YEL TFL TFL TFL/Cranes
    C624 A 7.5t Bogie Diesel Hydraulic Crane Tube Profile YEL TFL TFL TFL/Cranes
    C625 A 7.5t Bogie Diesel Hydraulic Crane Tube Profile YEL TFL TFL TFL/Cranes
    C626 A 7.5t Bogie Diesel Hydraulic Crane Tube Profile YEL TFL Loram, Derby RTC TFL TFL/Cranes
    DHC627 A 10t Bogie Twin Jib Self Propelled Tube Profile Diesel Crane YEL TFL TFL TFL/Cranes
    DHC628 TRM628   A 10t Bogie Twin Jib Self Propelled Tube Profile Diesel Crane YEL TFL TFL TFL/Cranes
    65 1091   1091/30   ADM1091   X 30t 10w Steam Driven Vertical Boiler Breakdown Crane
    66 ADRC96100   DB965183   S 30t 12w Diesel Mechanical Crane Yellow PR West Coast Railway Co. Carnforth PRE
    6871 941599   ADRC 95218   110   ADE330110   ADRC96719   P 45t 8w Diesel Hydraulic Breakdown Crane Yellow PR Locomotive Storage, Margate PRE
    7154 5   S 8w Vertical Boiler Steam Driven Crane Rusty PR Scapa Flow Visitor Centre PRE
    7220 ADM14   P 6t 4w Hand Worked Yard Crane Grey PR East Somerset Railway PRE
    7404 6083   S 8w Vertical Boiler Steam Driven Crane Rusty PR Alderney Railway Society PRE
    7557 ADM33   S 6.5t 4w Hand Worked Yard Crane Black PR Fawley Hill Railway PRE
    7570 ADW313   S 7t 4w Hand Worked Yard Crane Yellow PR Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway PRE
    7571 ADM47   S 6t 4w Hand Worked Yard Crane Black PR Mangapps Railway Museum PRE
    7588 ADW272   060980   S 6.5t 4w Hand Worked Yard Crane Yellow PR Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway PRE
    7593 ADW225   060976   S 6t 4w Hand Worked Yard Crane Black/Grey PR Gwilli Railway PRE
    7596 ADM22   RM22‑10   S 10t 4w Hand Worked Yard Crane Grey PR Battlefield Line PRE
    7597 ADM23   S 10t 4w Hand Worked Yard Crane Black PR Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway PRE
    7601 RM27‑10   ADM27   P 10t 4w Yard Travelling Hand Crane Red Oxide PR Buckinghamshire Railway Centre PRE
    DRC78226 A Cowans Sheldon Self-Propelled Heavy Duty Twin Jib Crane COO COL UKDPT/Twin Jib Cranes
    DRC78229 S Cowans Sheldon Self-Propelled Heavy Duty Twin Jib Crane NRL Beeston Yard NRL UKDPT/Twin Jib Cranes
    DRC78231 DB969064   S Cowans Sheldon Self-Propelled Heavy Duty Twin Jib Crane NRL Beeston Yard NRL UKDPT/Twin Jib Cranes
    DRC78234 DB969067   S Cowans Sheldon Self-Propelled Heavy Duty Twin Jib Crane NRL Beeston Yard NRL UKDPT/Twin Jib Cranes
    DRC78235 A Cowans Sheldon Self-Propelled Heavy Duty Twin Jib Crane COO COL UKDPT/Twin Jib Cranes
    DRC78237 DB969070   X Cowans Sheldon Self-Propelled Heavy Duty Twin Jib Crane Rugby OPTD 2020 UKDPT/Twin Jib Cranes
    80 ADRC96706   RS1092   X 76t 16w Bogie Diesel Crane
    8053 RS1085/45   ADRC95221   ADRC96718   7   P 45t 8w Diesel Hydraulic Breakdown Crane Yellow/Black PR Llangollen Railway PRE
    82 RS1094/75   ADRC96704   ADB365   P 75t 8w Diesel Hydraulic Breakdown Crane (ex steam) Yellow PR Midland Railway - Butterley PRE
    8334 ADS 1854   083332   X 10t 4w Diesel Crane
    84 C84   ADRC96708   DB967159   142   R1095/75   DW142   S 75t 8w Diesel Hydraulic Breakdown Crane (ex steam) Yellow PR Nemesis Rail, Burton-on-Trent PRE
    85 ADRC96707   C85   141   ADB141   P 75t 8w Diesel Hydraulic Breakdown Crane (ex steam) Black PR Baron Street East Lancashire Railway PRE
    8512 ADS2008   061014   DS1586   S 6t 4w Hand Worked Crane Grey PR Swanage Railway PRE
    86 C86   DB967159   ADRC96709   P 75t 8w (ex-steam) Diesel Hydraulic Crane Red PR Great Central Railway PRE
    8741 80/020   DB967303   DRC80115   S 10t 6w Steam Driven Vertical Boiler Crane Yellow PR RSS Wishaw PRE
    8742 DRC80116   DB967321   DRG80116   80‑024   Cyclops S 15t 6w Steam Driven Vertical Boiler Crane Black PR Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway PRE
    9017 941602   103   DE966103   ADRC95222   S 45t 8w Steam Driven Breakdown Crane (originally 36t) Black PR Nottingham Heritage Railway PRE