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.

Marc Stegeman recommends this page which is jam packed with pictures of steam cranes in action in East Europe (2nd October 2023):

https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=124751094216689&set=a.315242981834165

The following countries in this geographical area have no known surviving rail cranes, it would be very surprising if none existed. 

Albania, Armenia, Georgia, Kosovo, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Moldova, Uzbekistan

Builders

• Brno = Kralovopolska Strojirna, Brno, Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia)
• GD = G. Dimitrov Locomotive Works, Sofia, Bulgaria
• Gyor = Machinenfabrik Gyor, Gyor, Hungary
• Industrial Brownhoist - Industrial Works, Bay City, Michigan, USA
• Ivtorfmash = Ivtorfmash, Ivanovo, Russia
• Kirov = Kirovsky Mashavadov 1 Maya (1st May), Russia
• Kirow = Kirow, Leipsig, Germany
• Odessa = Yanvarskogo Uprising Plant, Odessa, Ukraine (then USSR)
• R&R = Ransomes and Rapier, Ipswich, UK
• Skoda = Skoda, Plzeň, Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia)

Others

• MoS = Ministry of Supply (MoS)
• RB = Relieving Bogies

Each entry is arranged as follows after the country/location:

Belarus

Brest, Railway Museum

Baranovichi, Railway Museum

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Zenica Steelworks

Bulgaria

Cerven Brjag

This is Thomas Kautzor's 2011 photographs:

Pleven Depot (12th October 2016)

Chris Capewell picture

Gorna Oryakhovitsa Depot

Chris Capewell picture (12th October 2016)

Kalojanovetz, strategic store

These are Thomas Kautzor's 2011 photographs, 12/52 (upper two), 4 (lower three):

Mezdra Depot (added 29th October 2016)

Picture courtesy of Peter Wilcox

Stara Zagora Depot

Croatia

Sisak (on very short length of track on a small jetty on bank of River Kupa; adjacent Rimska ul)

Czech Republic

http://www.zmz.cz/
Zubrnická Railway Museum (added 24th May 2013)

http://mirok.rajce.idnes.cz/Zeleznicni_muzeum_Luzna-Lisany,_Rakovnik/
Luzna u Rakovnik Museum, Luzna-Lisany

This picture courtesy of Chris Capewell (18th September 2014)

http://www.vlaky.net/zeleznice/spravy/003044-Na-1-maje-s-Karlem-na-ulici-1-maje-cili-Narozeniny-Vitkovickych-zelezaren-s-masinkami/
Ostrava Vitkovice Steelworks (added 24th May 2013)
(Location is actually on the street 1 Mahe; adjacent tram stop Pohranicni)

This pictures courtesy of Chris Capewell (18th September 2014):

Estonia

http://www.museumrailway.ee/
Lavassaare Railway Museum

?Hand crane?

Haapsalu Railway Museum

These are Thomas Kautzor's 2009 photographs, coal grab on the left and breakdown crane on the right:

These vintage pictures, are from Peter Klaus, the first shows a similar coal grab in action in Russia in steam days, the second PZ45-133 at Tapa, Estonia in the 1960s, not sure about the second(!). 

Hungary (more pictures 11th November 2011)

http://www.mavnosztalgia.hu/hu/menu/3 (Link broken by May 2023)

Budapest 'Fusti' Museum, Vasúttörténeti Park, Ezhaki Depot

MAV 233 (Photographs by John Coulson)

MAV 233 (Photograph by Chris Appleby at Tapolca in 1992):

Kazakhstan

Petropavlovsk (confirmed sighting required)

H

Latvia

Cinevilla Film Studios

This is Thomas Kautzor's 2009 photograph:

http://www.railwaymuseum.lv
Riga Railway Museum

These are Thomas Kautzor's 2009 photographs:

Jelgava Elf (more information and picture, 21st October 2018)

This is Chris Capewell's 2018 picture:

Macedonia

Thomas Kautzor photographed this crane at Lisice on 25th March 2022. I suspect it is 'steam era' rather than actually steam powered.

Poland

Jarocin (Depot Museum, added 9th March 2022)

There is a steam age (1940s) diesel crane here - see https://kurier-kolejowy.pl/aktualnosci/38408/zabytkowy-dzwig-trafil-do-muzeum-parowozownia-w-wielkopolskim-jarocinie.html. John Taubeneck says the number quoted in the article is just a part number. It was built by American Hoist and Derrick.

Jaworzyna Slaska (Depot Museum, updated 4th September 2016)

This is Thomas Kautzor's photograph of  391972 XU when it was at Elk:

These are Peter Wilcox's pictures:

Karsznice (Depot Museum; prev. at Zdunska Wola Depot c. 1999, added 14th September 2015)

Picture courtesy of Chris Capewell

Koscierzyna Railway Museum (information added 13th October 2016)

These are Thomas Kautzor's photographs:

Skierniewice Railway Museum (12th October 2016)

These are Chris Capewell's photographs:

Tarnowskie Góry (updated 14th September 2015)

Chris Cqpewell comments - "This machine is described as by Usines Emile Duray, Belgium but I suspect that is a description of the boiler presently fitted. Duray were certainly boiler makers. The superstructure is Taylor Hubbard in appearance; the chassis less so. I suspect that it came from two Taylor Hubbard batches sent to Belgium in 1917 and 1918. The Wehrmacht borrowed it eastwards! The crane has also been rejibbed in the 50s or 60s with a welded lattice jib of Kirow appearance. I think it's a bitzer."

This is Chris Capewell's photograph:

This is Tomasz Galka's photograph:

Wegliniec loco depot

This is Tomasz Galka's photograph:

Wolsztyn Museum

These are Thomas Kautzor's 2010 photographs, steam crane (left) and hand crane (right):

Zowska Zabytkowy Karczmiska, Tramway Museum

Romania

http://bda-train-blog.blogspot.com/2009/12/cfr-wma-654-steam-crane-at-sibiu-steam.html
Sibiu Railway Museum

It is possible that WMA65.1, .2 or .3 are still operational. These are Thomas Kautzor's 2011 photographs, WMA65.4 (upper two), WMA58.4 (lower three):

Timisoara (added 12th October 2015)

This is Kevin Hoggett's picture:

Russia

For a superb primer on the subject read this Russian language page, with "Google Translate" it reads very easily, in particular note that the steam PK-6 and petrol MK-6 are closely related with many of the former apparently converted to the latter. Later developments brought the DC-6 (diesel) and EC-6 (electric).:

• http://www.techstory.ru/zd/pk6_mk6_foto.htm

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB:MK6_2135(1).jpg 
Kaliningrad (updated with new entry and pictures, 19th October 2013)

These are Chris Capewell's photographs:

Kuzino

Podmoskovnaya Depot (added 8th June 2012)

These photographs are courtesy of Harvey Smith:

Moscow, Kievskaya Railway Museum

These photographs are courtesy of Harvey Smith:

Novomoskovsk Central Railway Museum

Pereslavl  Railway Museum

These are Thomas Kautzor's 2009 photographs of this large narrow gauge beast:

Rostov on Don

These are Thomas Kautzor's 2009 photographs, 8 (upper two), 276 (lower two):

Russian Railway Museum, St. Petersburg

See the page on this site for pictures of these cranes.

This picture of  DZ-45-71 is courtesy of Harvey Smith (added 14th August 2013):

Serbia

Nis Depot

Nis Min Works

Pozega Narrow Gauge Museum

These are Thomas Kautzor's 2009 photographs:

Slovakia

http://www.mdc.sk/ and http://www.muzeumdopravy.com/
Bratislava Dopravy Museum (Slovakia Transport Museum)

These pictures are from Tobias Allstadt and date from 2005 (added 12th January 2013):

Vychod Museum (Bratislava East Museum)

See http://www.vlaky.net/zeleznice/spravy/002638-Zeleznicne-muzeum-Bratislava-vychod/

This picture is from Tobias Allstadt and dates from 2005 when it was still at the station museum above (added 12th January 2013).

Slovenia

Llubljana Siska Museum

Ljubljana Depot

Stanjel station

Ukraine

Mariupol

Thanks to

Ivor Harding, Chris Appleby, Ted Knotwell, Harvey Smith, Peter Klaus, Tomasz Galka, Thomas Kautzor, Harvey Smith