This is just one of a series of pages covering surviving Railway Cranes across the world. Click here for the Index.

Chris Capewell (chriscapewell AT googlemail.com) has provided the following data, he would greatly appreciate additions, corrections and confirmation for data with a yellow background.

We would welcome more pictures of cranes in this list which can be used to illustrate the article, as links are notoriously ephemeral.

Builders

• Bedford = Bedford Engineering Company,. Bedford, UK
• Booth = Joseph Booth & Bros., Leeds, UK
• Butler = Samuel Butler & Co., Stanningley, Yorkshire, UK
• Coles = Coles Cranes, Sunderland, UK
• Coltman = Walter W. Coltman and Co, Central Boiler Works, Loughborough, UK
• CS = Cowans Sheldon and Co, Ltd., Carlisle, UK
• Cravens = Cravens Bros., Reddish, Stockport, UK
• Donald = James Donald & Son, Johnstone near Glasgow, UK
• Figee = Gebr. Figee, Haarlem, Netherlands
• Grafton = Grafton Cranes, Bedford, UK
• Hitachi = Hitachi, Japan
• Krupp = Krupp, Essen, Germany
• Naval = Officina Naval Meccanica, Naples, Italy
• Orton = Orton Crane and Shovel, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• R&R = Ransomes and Rapier, Ipswich, UK
• Taatz = Alwin Taatz, Halle, Germany
• TSSR = Thomas Smith and Sons (Rodley) near Leeds, UK
• Wilson = John Wilson & Co, Liverpool (and Birkenhead), UK

• BBCIR = Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
• EIR = East India Railway
• ESR = Egyptian State Railway
• FMSR = Federated Malay States Railway
• IR = Indian Railways or Israel Railway (according to context)
• IRS = Indian Railway Standard
• LNER = London and North Eastern Railway (UK)
• MR = Malayan Railway
• MSMR = Madras and South Mahratta Railway
• NWR = North Western Railway (original)
• ORC = Ottoman Railway Company
• ORR = Oudh and Rohilikund Railway
• PSR = Perak State Railway
• PTKA = Perusahaan Terbatas Kereta Api (Indonesian State Railway)
• RB = Relieving Bogie

• BLC = Bogie Locomotive Crane
• BCC:=  Bogie Coaling Crane
• MoS = Ministry of Supply (UK)
• WD = War Department (UK) 

Bangladesh (added 8th May 2012)

Heinrich Hubbert has sent these pictures which surprisingly show that active steam cranes remain here:

Lalmonirhat, situated in the Northwest of Bangladesh, this MG shed hosts an oil-fired Hitachi build from 1968. Staff claimed it can be fired up get fully operational within 20 minutes.

Parbatipur (also Parbotipur), on the other side of the Tista river. This picture of an older CS crane was taken by holding the camera over the shed wall to capture this MG crane.

Khulna, BG, Hitachi 1968, oil-fired, the pictures are from March and November 2009 of the same crane.

China

The national rail system has no steam cranes in service; but industrial users have several breakdown cranes (Z601 type) and coaling cranes (Z151/Z152 type) still in operational service, many are ex CNR. Apart from the examples below, there are more pictures available on a separate page. In 1999, a standard Z151 type fuels a JF at Tongchuan (Rob Dickinson photo):

This is a Z601 at Jalainur opencast mine in 2007 (Rob Dickinson photo):

This is a Z151 at Beitai Steelworks in 2003 (Rob Dickinson photo):

This is a Z152 at Sandaoling in 2005 (Rob Dickinson photo) :

No steam crane is known to be in formal preservation.

An interesting example in industrial use is………..
Hegang, Hegang Mining Railway

India (updated 9th May 2012, new pictures from Heinrich Hubbert, several preserved items below and a new page of survivors)

This page contains a number of pictures (mainly metre gauge) of steam cranes taken in the 21st century - http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Suburban/AccidentReliefVehicles/. I have provided direct links below (as of October 2011). I have also added a page of collected images from the IRFCA site (another picture 10th November 2011) and also a further page from Heinrich Hubbert (9th May 2012)

The most recent picture I have found here is of former Northern Railway 1236 (CS 1953) which was taken by Bharat Vohra on the metre gauge at Hanumangarh in January 2010, the edge of a second and maybe third crane can be seen. The original report is on  http://irfca.org/apps/trip_reports/show/424.

This is Heinrich Hubbert's picture of the Udaipur ART on the road in January 2010:

This is Mick Pope's picture of metre gauge TSC 505 at Mysore (South Western Railway) in November 2006. The original picture is on http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Suburban/AccidentReliefVehicles/cranemys.jpg.html.

The following are also shown on the IRFCA site, those indicated with "@" are on Heinrich Hubbert's page:

• MG TSC 38389, 'Bheeshma', Tiruthuraipoondi Jn, June 2006 - @ http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Suburban/AccidentReliefVehicles/DSC00506.JPG.html 

• MG TSC 38390, Mysore, June 2004 - http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Suburban/AccidentReliefVehicles/DSCN1260.jpg.html

• MG TSC 39168, Anjaneya, Sengottai, April 2007- @ http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Trips/south/Sengottai/?g2_page=4

• MG TSC 39170, 'Mangala, Sengottai, May 2010 - @ http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Steam/metregaugesteam/postindependencemg/IMG_5393.JPG.html

• MG 1135, Izatnagar workshop, September 2008 - http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Trips/north/MG-NER/P9177638.JPG.html

• MG 1225, Samdhari, May 2005 - http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Steam/metregaugesteam/postindependencemg/00310030_G.jpg.html

Other 'recent' sightings:

• BG Steam crane 703 'Vikrant' was active at Kollam Junction in 2009 - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=282708&page=42

• MG NWR 1227 at work at Churu in September 2007 - https://picasaweb.google.com/110502923797420474255/ChuruCrane

Perambur, Chennai, Regional Railway Museum
Located within the campus of the Integral Coach Factory'.

http://www.angelfire.com/ak5/nrmindia/nrmhome.htm
http://www.nationalrailmuseum.org/new_nrm/index.htm (link not working 29th March 2012)
See also this unofficial site http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Heritage
National Rail Museum, New Delhi

This is Rob Dickinson's 2004 picture of the crane tank (added 27th October 2011):

Kalka (stored for proposed Shimla museum)

Jamalpur

http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Heritage/museum-hwh/
Kolkata, Howrah Railway Museum

http://www.mysore.org.uk/museums/railway-museum.html
Mysore Railway Museum

Motibagh, Nagpur Railway Museum

http://www.rewaristeamloco.com
Rewari Junction Museum

Indonesia

http://indonesianheritagerailway.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=222:crane-figee&catid=68&Itemid=133&lang=en
Manggarai Works, Jakarta

This is Jim Ballantyne's picture from 2006:

http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/mills/javacranes.htm
Gubeng Works, Surabaya

http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/mills/javacranes.htm
PTKA Jember Depot

This picture is by Rob Dickinson

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1414192&page=106
Ambarawa, Railway Museum

This is Nick Bryant's 2001 picture taken at Semarang Poncol (added 26th October 2011):

Semboro Sugar Mill, East Java (added 20th October 2011)

These are Thomas Kautzor's photographs -  it looks 'home made':

Iran

http://www.phantasrail.com/tehran_(5).htm
Tehran Station

Israel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Railway_Museum
Haifa, Israel Railway Museum

Japan

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9B%BD%E9%89%84%E3%82%BD30%E5%BD%A2%E8%B2%A8%E8%BB%8A
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9B%BD%E9%89%84%E3%82%BD80%E5%BD%A2%E8%B2%A8%E8%BB%8A

Japanese Railway Museums' website:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/EF57/museum/E-museum2.htm 

A note re the symbol "ソ"
In Japanese the Soviet Union is often represented as “ソ”. So, it is possible to misunderstand “ソ” indicates products of the USSR. 
Actually “ソ” represents the first character of Sojusha, a carriage for handling heavy objects. It also appears to mean strong man and an images search will bring forward many pictures of sportsmen!, particularly sumo wrestlers.

http://www.japan-i.jp/explorejapan/hokkaido/doo-otaru-niseko/otaru-niseko/4oa00l00000072if.html
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Chiki6141-So34.jpg
http://www.city.otaru.lg.jp/simin/sisetu/museum/

http://www.s-304.com/
Mikasa Railway Museum, Hokkaido

http://www.usuitouge.com/bunkamura/
http://www.usuitouge.com/bunkamura/guide/004.html
Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park, Yokokawa, Gunma, Kanto

Jordan

http://www.flickr.com/photos/graham_williams/5856355474/in/set-72157626801743752
Amman Station

Malaysia

http://www.keretapi.com/ransom.html
Johor Bahru Sentral Station, Museum

http://travel.nuraina.com/tumpat-train-station/ (link dead 29th March 2012, but worked 8th March 2012!)
Tumpat Railway Museum

 Prai (Butterworth)

This is the coaling crane at Prai, way back in 1979 (left, Rob Dickinson photograph) and also (right) Peter Green's photograph from 2009

Myanmar (Burma)

The following list is not not necessarily completely up- to-date, owing to the numbers involved and likely movements, the last known location is given... Latest update for 12/2011 on 17th February 2012.

30T 628 at Lashio in February 1997 (Manfred Schoeler)

30T 9876 at Insein, February 2005 (Rob Dickinson photo)

This picture of 30T 9884 at Pyin Ooo Lin in December 2008 is courtesy of Manfred Schoeler:

35T 9886 at Mohnyin in February 2007 (Rob Dickinson photo)

35T 9888 at Insein, February 2005 (Rob Dickinson photo)

Pakistan

Crane Running Number prefixes:
Initial letter indicates Division of allocation:
K - Karachi, L - Lahore, M - Multan, R - Rawalapindi, O – Departmental ( Operations ), B - Departmental ( Bridge ).
Second/Third letters CT - Crane Travelling.
Fourth letter : D - Diesel, S - Steam, M - Manual

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golra_Sharif_Railway_Museum
Golra Sharif Junction, Pakistan Railways Heritage Point

The following list is not not necessarily completely up- to-date, owing to the numbers involved and likely movements, the last known location is given.... 21xx series is as the pre 1947 NWR numbering, possibly up to 2219?

The 6w+6W R&R crane at Kotri Junction - http://v4.cache7.c.bigcache.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/51277598.jpg

This picture of #2101 at Malakwal in October 1991 is courtesy of Manfred Schoeler - probably seen on video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw08mYwDtbY (added 29th December 2011). : 

Singapore

http://steam-locomotives-south-africa.blogspot.com/2009/01/waterworks-museum-table-mountain-andrew.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/little_red_dot/5035407354/in/photostream/
Singapore Harbour Front Ferry Terminal

These pictures are courtesy of Dominic Bryant.

South Korea

Sri Lanka

No steam crane is known to be in formal preservation.

http://www.railwaymuseum.lk
Colombo Railway Museum

This is Thomas Kautzor's picture:

Dematagoda Depot

This is James Waite's picture of the steam crane:

This is Thomas Kautzor's picture:

Bridge Department Compound, Dematagoda
(This compound is easy to miss; it is to the east of the steam shed and carriage and wagon works, beyond the steam traverser.)

One of the 7 ton cranes is seen in action here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrUuiXqalJw.

One of the 30 ton cranes (5729) is seen in action here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVwTiqBVa6E and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SmuGpWDf9w

Taiwan

Changhua

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TRA_Steam_Crane.jpg and http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdspit/1815349330/.

This is Su I-Jaw's picture:

Thailand

Makkasan Works, Bangkok

Chumphon

http://2bangkok.com/forum/showthread.php?3098-Thailand-from-the-Train/page3
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/5899/stoomkraan25zo4.jpg
Nakhon Lampang

This is James Waite's picture:

Sungei Kolok

Seen in January 2009 (Peter Green picture)

http://thaitransit.blogspot.com/2008/12/srt-northern-line-paknam-pho-station.html
Pak Nam Pho

11 in January 2008 (Peter Green picture)

24 in January 2008 (Peter Green picture)

http://thaitransit.blogspot.com/2008/04/srt-thonburi-rail-yard-thai-steam.html
Thonburi Depot

This is Thomas Kautzor's 2001 photograph (added 20th October 2011):

Possibly still operational (Location unknown, sightings would be gratefully received.) - updated 10th November 2011.

This is 32 at Chumphon in April 2008 (Peter Green photograph)

This is 33 in action at Thung Song way back in 1977 (Rob Dickinson photo):

Turkey

http://www.trainsofturkey.com/w/pmwiki.php/RailwayMuseums/AnkaraMuseums#toc4
Ankara Museum

http://www.trainsofturkey.com/w/pmwiki.php/RailwayMuseums/CamlikMuseum
Camlik Museum

http://www.rmk-museum.org.tr/english/newsletter/index.html
http://www.rmk-museum.org.tr/english/index.html
Istanbul Rahmi Koc Museum Haskoy

This is Thomas Kautzor's picture:

Haydarpasha Station, Istanbul

This is Thomas Kautzor's picture:

Vietnam

Bernd Seiler reports "Thai Nguyen steelworks has at least one serviceable steam crane (which was never in use when I was there). I remember to have seen two steam cranes there." For pictures see: http://www.steampreservation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=557 and http://www.steampreservation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=558. John Taubeneck considers that it resembles an Ohio crane, but it is more likely that it is a Chinese model (albeit maybe American influenced) as all standard gauge material in the country is relatively recent and originated in China when the 'new' link between Hanoi and Guangxi was completed ca 1954.

This is James Waite's picture from April 2008: