This is just one of a series of pages covering surviving
Railway Cranes across the world. Click here
for the Index. Unlike some of the other lists, this includes some
historic diesel powered cranes.
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
- American = American Hoist & Derrick Company, Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Ardelt = Ardelt, Wilhemshaven, Germany
- Bilstein = August Bilstein GmbH of Ennepetal, Germany
- Bruchsal = Bruchsal, Germany ????
-
Baume et Marpent = Baume et Marpent, Hainaut, Belgium
- Baggermij. Schoonboom & v.d Gevel, Oegstgeest / Scheepswerf, Warmond
- La Biesme = Société Anonyme des Ateliers de Construction de la Biesme, Bouffioulx, Belgium ( E of Charleroi )
- Bondy = Bondy, Paris, France
-
Booth = Joseph Booth & Bros., Leeds, UK
- Breslauer = Breslauer Aktiengesellschaft für Eisenbahnwagen-,
Lokomotiv- und Maschinenbau, Breslau, Germany
- Caillard = Caillard, Le Havre, France
- Chavarri Petramente et Cie ????
- Cockerill = Société anonyme John Cockerill, Seraing, Belgium
- Coles = Coles Cranes, Sunderland, UK
- Cravens = Cravens Bros., Reddish, Stockport, UK
- CS = Cowans Sheldon and Co, Ltd., Carlisle, UK
- Demag = Deutsche Maschinenfabrik, Duisburg, Germany
- Fives, Lille = Compagnie de Fives-Lille pour constructions mécaniques et
entreprises, Lille, France
-
Grafton= Grafton Cranes Ltd., Bedford, UK
- Grasset = Talleres Grasset, (TEGRA), Madrid, Spain
- Gyor = Machinenfabrik Gyor, Gyor, Hungary
- HStP = Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre, Belgium
- Halmstads = Halmstads Nya Verkstads AB, Halmstad, Sweden
- Harkort = Johann Caspar Harkort, Duisberg, Germany
- HL = Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle, UK
- C.Herrm.= C. Herrm. Findeisen, Ortssitz, Chemnitz, Germany
- De Hollandsche IJssel = De Hollandsche IJssel, Oudewater, Netherlands
- Ibbotson = Ibbotson Bros. & Co., Sheffield, UK
- IBHC = Industrial Brownhoist,
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Industrial Works = Industrial Works, Bay City,
Michigan, USA
- Kirow = Kirow Leipzig KE Kranbau Eberswalde AG, Germany
- Krupp-Ardelt = Krupp-Ardelt, Wilhemshaven, Germany
- Mallard = P.Mallard, Rouen ????
- Menk = MENK Apparatebau GmbH, Bad Marienberg, Germany
- Mohr & Federhaff = Mohr & Federhaff, Mannheim, Germany
- Muet Wahl & Tusey ????
-
Nicause & Delauve =
Nicause & Delauve, La Louvière, Belgium
- Ohio = Ohio Locomotive Crane Co., Bucyrus, Ohio
- Pantin =
Soc. Centrale des Machines, Pantin (Seine), France
- R&R = Ransomes and Rapier, Ipswich, UK
- Russell = George Russell, Alpha Works, Motherwell, Scotland, UK
- S&P = Stothert and Pitt, Bath UK
-
Schelde = Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands
- Scholten = Gebrüder Scholten, Duiburg, Germany
- SGCFÉ =
Société Générale des Chemins de Fer Économiques, Landes, France
- Takraf = Takraf GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
- Taylor = Taylor and Hubbard, Leicester, UK
- Tangye = Tangye Brothers, Birmingham, UK
- TSSR = Thomas Smith and Sons (Rodley) near Leeds, UK
- Werkspoor = Nederlandsche Fabriek van Werktuigen en Spoorwegmaterieel,
Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Whylen = Eisenbau Whylen AG, Whylen i. Baden, Germany
- Wilhag = Wilhelm Hagen Kamp, Langenfeld near Duesseldorf, Germany
- Wilson = John Wilson & Co, Liverpool and Birkenhead,
UK
- Zorroza = Talleres de Zorroza, Bilbao, Spain
Others
- D(H) = Diesel (Hydraulic)
- D(M) = Diesel (Mechanical)
-
IWD = Inland Waterways and Docks
- MoS = Ministry of Supply (UK)
- WD = War Department (UK)
Each entry is arranged as follows after the country/location:
Number |
Railway |
Gauge |
Diesel, Electric
Hand, Steam |
Capacity in tons |
Wheels |
Works Number |
Comments |
Austria
http://www.oegeg.at/index.php/oegeg/oberes_menue/lokpark_ampflwang_oberoesterreichisches_eisenbahn_und_bergbaumuseum
(link dead by 25th October 2016)
Ampflwang OGEG Museum Store
916 821 |
|
SG |
D(M) |
6T |
4W |
Ardelt 1943 |
|
966 150 |
|
SG |
H |
10T |
?4W |
|
|
9766 022-4 |
|
SG |
D(M) |
20T |
4+4W |
American 1943? |
earlier numbered 966 202 |
9766 041-4 |
|
SG |
S |
45T |
6+6W |
Gyor 3?/1958 |
earlier numbered 966 401 |
http://www.eisenbahnmuseum-knittelfeld.at/
(link is dead)
Knittelfeld Museum
916 811 |
|
SG |
D(M) |
6T |
4W |
Ardelt 1941 |
|
9766 109-1 |
|
SG |
D(M) |
10T |
4W |
Scholten 1942 |
earlier numbered 966 700 |
http://www.eisenbahnmuseum-heizhaus.com/fileadmin/broschueren/Heizhaus_Folder_2011_A6_en.pdf
(link is dead)
Strasshof Museum - Das Heizhaus
966 300 |
|
SG |
S |
36T |
6+4W |
CS 1941 |
|
0622 |
|
SG |
H |
|
?4W |
|
|
9466 103-4 |
|
SG |
H |
10T |
6W |
Mohr & Federhaff 064/1934 |
ex DR 700123, earlier numbered 966 103 |
9766 000-0 |
|
SG |
D(M) |
8T |
?4W |
Menk ??/1955 |
earlier numbered 966 070 |
9766 020-8 |
|
SG |
D(M) |
20T |
4+4W |
American 1943? |
earlier numbered 966 200 |
http://www.eisenbahnmuseum.at/joomla/
((link broken, 1st November 2019))
Schwechat Museum
966 000 |
|
SG |
H |
5T |
?4W |
|
|
9466 001-0 |
|
SG |
H |
6T |
?4W |
Bilstein |
earlier numbered 966 007, stored (?) |
9766 002-6 |
|
SG |
D(M) |
7T |
?4W |
Wilhag 1963 |
earlier numbered 966 160 |
http://www.eisenbahnmuseum-waldviertel.at/
Sigmundshersberg Museum
9766 042-2 |
|
SG |
S |
45T |
6+6W |
Gyor 3?/1958 |
earlier numbered 966 402 |
Confirmation required regarding status of these three machines:-
9466 051-5 |
|
SG |
H |
7.5T |
4W |
|
'Folding jib type', stored
possibly ar Strasshof,
earlier numbered 966 052 |
9466 101-8 |
|
SG |
H |
10T |
6W |
Whylen 1945 |
ex DR 702 017, stored useable, Bludenz 2002.
Earlier numbered 966 101,later 40 81 946 6 101-8 |
9766 021-6 |
|
SG |
D(M) |
20T |
4+4W |
American 1943? |
Earlier numbered 966 201, stated as
stored |
Belgium
Not railway cranes, but a historic set of dockyard cranes are those in
Antwerp, http://www.mas.be/Museum_MAS_EN/MASEN/MASEN-News/MASEN-News-Nieuws/Antwerps-Cranes.html
(added 26th May 2015). The museum now has an ex-railway hand operated Stuckenholz
crane from 1884, http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/flanders%2Btoday/1.1012100#
(added 8th August 2017).
Train World, Schaerbeek, (Brussels), new
entry 1st October 2015
310/04 |
|
SG |
S |
35T |
2-6-2W |
Cravens C.9372/1912 |
Ex UK NER CME16, ex Army no.??, supplied for the NER, requisitioned from Gateshead by the War Office 1914, this later became SNCB no. 310/04, stated as Cravens 1912, and retired from WDT Kinkempois in 1985.
Reported in October 2012 as likely to go to Oostende. |
These are Colin Miell's pictures of the Craven 310/04
(added 20th July 2012) previously in store at Leuven
In April 2014, the crane was sent to Maldegm for a
cosmetic restoration. Kevin Hoggett has sent these pictures (14th April
2014):
Restoration is now well advanced as these further pictures
from Kevin taken during the May 2015 open weekend show (6th May 2015)::

The above pictures are historic, this a picture by Peter
Wilcox at its new home on 28th September 2015, 3 days after opening:

Leuven Depot (Stored for Museum and not normally
accessible)
|
|
SG |
H |
|
?4W |
1930 |
|
330/87 |
|
SG |
|
S |
4T |
?4W |
Russell 1920 |
|
|
SG |
S |
2½T |
?4W |
|
|
http://insiteout.brinkster.net/0000064cfv3v/index-engels.asp
Treignes Museum CFV3V
|
|
SG |
H |
?3T |
4W |
|
In use |
3 |
|
SG |
S |
13T |
4W |
|
Ex Forge de Clabecq, galle chain roped. The (replaceent) boiler is
Brabant 2409/1962 |
These pictures are courtesy of Peter Wilcox, 26th
September 2015 and added 1st October 2015.
http://www.stoomtrein.be/
Baasrode
214 16 600-1 |
SNCB |
SG |
S to D |
|
4W |
1916? |
|
|
|
SG |
S |
|
4W |
|
Derelict - OOU |
http://www.stoomcentrum.be
Maldegem Stoomcentrum
|
SNCB |
SG |
S |
|
0-4-0CT |
Cockerill 6047/1930 |
Crane loco, sadly, this was scrapped in 2017 as
it was incomplete and in hopeless condition. |
This 2011 photograph is courtesy of Thomas Kautzor:

.http://www.pfttsp.be/
St-Ghislain PFT-TSP Railway Museum
A320/23 |
|
SG |
D |
?3T |
?4W |
|
In use |
Cyprus
There is a Cowans Sheldon fixed hand crane outside the old
workshops at Famagusta - http://www.davidheyscollection.com/page94.htm
(added 12th November 2014).
Denmark
Helsingor (Harbour station),
added 27th October 2019
|
|
|
H |
?T |
|
William Fairbairn, Manchester |
Fixed goods crane. A not dissimilar crane is
preserved at the port in
Seville, Spain. |
This picture is courtesy of Angus Davis:

http://www.jernbanemuseet.dk
(Previous relative English page dead, 29th March 2012)
Odense Transport Museum
Hjaelpekran no. 1 |
SJS |
SG |
H |
5T |
4W |
Maatschappi 1868 |
Old no. 3 |
JFJ no. 2 |
|
SG |
H |
10T |
4W |
Bruchsal, 1880 |
later 142, then 951 1 342 |
Pictures of no. 1 (upper) and no.2 (lower)
courtesy of Chris Capewell (18th September 2014):


Randers (behind 4 road storage shed by
7/2014)
145 |
|
SG |
D |
50/65?T |
6+6W |
Krupp Ardelt 205640/1967 |
later 982 3 145 |
Pictures
courtesy of Chris Capewell (18th September 2014):
Finland
http://www.porvoonmuseorautatie.fi/
Poorvoo Steam Railway/ Museum
Tnk-Ko 1? |
|
1520mm |
S |
?5T |
6W |
Harkort 26538/1926 |
In working order as coal grab. |
http://www.veturipuisto.fi/
Haapamaki Steam Park
Tnk 1 5301? or 84? |
|
1520mm |
S (Oil) |
75T |
8+6W |
Ardelt 203712/1953 |
|
Chris Capewell has found some pictures on a Hungarian
website:
http://indafoto.hu/Tamasch/image/24126904-34391b89/user#nagyitas
- http://indafoto.hu/Tamasch/image/24126916-56bf66dc/user#nagyitas
- http://indafoto.hu/Tamasch/image/24126912-a26399a5/user#nagyitas
France
See http://www.tvnp.fr/wagons_grues/wagons_grues.html
(link dead by 25th October 2016) for an overview of cranes in France.
Click here for notes and
photographs of surviving narrow gauge hand cranes in France (new entry
13th August 2013)..
Culoz, Société Métallurgique d'Epernay (SME)
This is a scrapyard where three (now four) cranes have been preserved
by the company, more details would be appreciated. Thanks to Thomas Kautzor
for the initial information (all this added 7th June 2012)
1x Cockerill 85 ton from GD 582 SNCF Toulouse depot; (see http://histoire.trains-en-vadrouille.com/viewtopic.php?f=165&t=70265
link added 23rd May 2013, site migrated the link may be https://www.tdh-forum.fr/viewtopic.php?f=165&t=70265
but registration required, 31st October 2017)
1x Bondy (in use until '95/96);
1x Labor specially built for IMES France, St-Jean-de-Maurienne.
http://cefnord.free.fr/grues/index.html
Denain Regional Railway Museum
825 |
Usinor, Denain |
SG |
S to D |
50T |
4+4W |
Caillard |
Cranked lattice jib, buffer extension frames, similar to 1912 type
(actually 823) |
|
Transportation Dept., U.S. Army |
SG |
S to D? |
23T |
4+4W |
Ohio 1944 |
later C.F. d'Aniche, and C.F. d'Anzin, lattice jib |
853 |
Transportation Dept., U.S. Army |
SG |
S to D |
12T |
4+4W |
Industrial Works M913/1913 |
Lattice jib |
318 |
ex Usine Rousseau a Bruay |
SG |
S to D |
?10T |
4W |
Bondy 3292 |
http://www.vvt.ch/vvt_f/vvt_f_matroulant/vvt_f_voitures/vvt_f_grue.html
(link dead 26th April 2014) |
These are Brian Garvin's pictures of the Caillard (20th
June 2013)
These are Brian Garvin's pictures of the Ohio (20th June
2013)

This is Brian Garvin's picture of the Industrial Works
(20th June 2013)

http://www.chm-lewarde.com/
Douai Lewarde Mining Museum
|
|
SG |
S |
?5T |
4W |
La Biesme ca 1920s |
"Fosse Delloye des mines d'Aniche" |
This picture is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons (added 23rd
May 2013):
http://appeva.perso.neuf.fr/
Froissy APPEVA - P'tit train de la Haute Somme (added 20th
June 2013)
|
|
600mm |
H |
?T |
4W |
Ets. Aberlem, Noyon/?? |
|
This is Brian Garvin's picture

|
|
800mm |
H |
?T |
4W |
. |
Donated by Voies Navigables de France (VNF), it came from the Venette dam near Compiègne, together with various flat
wagons.. |
These are Thomas Kautzor's pictures (30th October 2014),
by May 2016 it was put together and plinthed at the entrance to the museum:
Train Touristique Guîtres – Marcenais (http://www.trainguitres.fr/),
north-east of Bordeaux (added 14th September 2015)
|
C.F. (SE) de Gironde |
SG |
H |
3/6T |
4W |
Dyle & Bacalan 4103/1885
|
|
These pictures are courtesy of Thomas Kautzor:
La Barque-Fuveau (Bouche-du-Rhône) (added
12th August 2015)
Musée Provençal des Transport Urbains et Régionaux (MPTUR)
|
|
SG |
H |
4/6T |
4W |
Casamene ????/1894
|
ex-PLM |
|
|
SG |
H |
|
4W |
|
|
|
|
600 mm |
H |
|
4W |
|
Home made |
These are Thomas Kautzor's pictures:
Martel, Département Lot, near Souillac (added
23rd May 2013)
Miramas (Bouche-du-Rhône) (added 12th
August 2015)
Association Provençal de Préservation et d’Animation Ferroviaire’ (APPAF)
Thomas Kautzor adds "The major part of the APPAF collection was transferred to Nîmes in 06/2015, but I did not find the crane
there in 08/15, so it might still be in Miramas."
http://www.espacetrain.com/index.php?page=contrib/reportage/mohon2005/index
Mohon Railway Museum (Reserve collection,
not normally accessible)
GD 252 |
|
SG |
S to D |
45/50T |
4+4W |
Caillard 1912-13 |
|
Montluçon roundhouse
GV 481 |
|
SG |
S to D (1970) |
|
|
Cockerill 1945 |
later GD 581, later 80 87 974 7 211-1, later 8087 9747 7 500-7
Ua.
Allocated to the Mulhouse Museum, stored in Mulhouse Yard until
April 20 |
The following information courtesy of Thomas Kautzor (29th
April 2015). This crane has been put in the care of the AAATV-Mo at Montluçon roundhouse for a period of 15 years. It arrived there 10 days ago:
See http://www.lamontagne.fr/auvergne/actualite/2015/04/19/une-grue-cockerill-est-arrivee-hier-matin-a-la-rotonde_11410822.html
http://www.passion-metrique.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9288
Members of AAATV have been working for 3 years to make this happen, among other things it needed to have a broken axle replaced. They plan to restore her to working order. It was converted to diesel in 1970 and was in operation until 2007 at Dijon. The society will receive funding from "Fondation du Patrimoine" for
the restoration work:
https://www.fondation-patrimoine.org/fr/auvergne-3/tous-les-projets-206/detail-grue-cockerill-gd581-et-ses-deux-wagons-a-montlucon-15605 (link broken by December 2021)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/govert1970/3969139845/
Mulhouse Museum
568 |
P & O |
SG |
H |
|
4W |
Pantinca.1870 |
Fixed jib, Galle chain rope |
1 |
PLM |
SG |
H |
2T |
4W |
Muet Wahl & Tusey1862 |
Fixed jib, chain rope |
http://www.train-vapeur-touraine.fr/ (link
dead July 2020)
Pacy-sur-Eure, C.F. de la Vallée de l'Eure (CFVE) (added
13th August 2013)
This picture is courtesy of Thomas Kautzor:

http://rfvl.over-blog.com/ and
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotonde_ferroviaire_de_Montabon
Association Rotonde Ferroviaire de la Vallée du Loir (RFVL), Montabon (Sarthe)
This crane was previously with Richelieu, TVT - Trains à Vapeur de Touraine
until November 2916,.which has now been dismantled and the stock dispersed.
Updated 5th April 2019)
|
|
SG |
S |
|
4W |
Etablissements Leroy, Azay-le-Rideau 1900? |
One of the two copies made. It weighs 34 tons |
|
http://www.tpcf.fr/affichage_theme.php?no_theme=149
(Link broken by December 2021)
Rivesaltes Train du Pays Cathare et du Fenouilledes
9474 506-4 |
|
SG |
S to D (1964) |
50T |
4+4W |
Caillard 1912 |
Active at Lapradelle, see http://www.tpcf.fr/affichage_theme.php?no_theme=286
Note added 29th April 2015) (Link broken by December 2021) |
Rouen, Sotteville Depot (added 23rd May
2013)
GD 354 later 974 7 508 |
|
SG |
S to D |
45/50T |
4+4W |
Caillard 1912-13 |
reported May 2013 |
St. Quentin (updated 12th August 2015)
|
Nord |
SG |
H |
?3T |
4W |
|
Previously at Gauchy (Aisne), in front of the ‘Régie Départementale des Transports de
l’Aisne’ (RDTA) DepotDonated to Chemin de fer touristique du Vermandois (CFTV )
http://www.cftv.fr/ abd noved to
their depot in April 2015.. |
This is Brian Garvin's picture:

http://www.cfbs.eu/fr/
St. Valery C de F, Baie de la Somme (added 20th June 2013)
The first stored in the carriage shed; the other locked in the reserve shed and not seen.
|
Ste Gle des CdeF Economiques |
MG |
H |
4T |
4W |
Baume et Marpent (??) |
|
G9009 |
|
MG |
H |
?T |
?4W |
?? |
Details and
picture appreciated. |
These are Brian Garvin's pictures of the Ohio (20th June
2013)

http://locomotionhorsnormes.e-monsite.com/pages/musees/visite-du-musee-maurice-dufresne-en-touraine.html
(Link dead by May 2023)
Touraine, Maurice Dufresne Museum (added 11th November 2011)
|
|
SG |
S |
|
4W |
Etablissements Leroy, Azay-le-Rideau 1900? |
One of the two copies made. It weighs 34 tons |
There is some confusion over the builder, the website
above describes it as a Leroy but the owners of its twin at Richelou (above)
describe theirs as a Caillard.
Vaires Yard
Ua 80 87 974 7 205-8 |
|
SG |
S to D |
45/50T |
4+4W |
Caillard 1912-13 |
Original number not known. Stored,
intended destination unknown. |
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplodocus_(chemin_de_fer)
(link corrected 26th April 2014)
Versailles, Army Barracks (Not normally accessible)
|
5 Genie Regiment |
SG |
D |
?66T |
6+6+6+6W |
Baume et Marpent 1957. Erected at Vitry Works 1958 |
Twin jib. Nicknamed 'Diplodocus' (Regiment disbanded on June
10th 2010 and crane now maintained by an
association in partnership with the Museum of The Engineers, Angers.) |
This picture is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons (added 23rd
May 2013):
http://www.alemftrain.fr/
Vigy (added 12th November 2014)
Tourist Railway Valley Canner - Lorraine Association Operation and Model Railway,
Germany
http://www.vvm-museumsbahn.de/ix/ix-start/ix-start.php?id=0 (domain
exists but link is broken, October 2017)
Aumühle, Eisenbahnmuseum Lokschuppen Aumühle (added 19th
May 2015)
52 |
SG |
H |
1.5T |
4W |
Werkstatt Kaiserslautern |
1891 |
ex DB, ex DRG, ex Pfalzbahn pic attached |
4 |
SG |
|
10T |
|
Kirow |
1960 |
ex-HDW Eisenbahndrehkran |
This is Thomas Kautzor's 2015 photograph:

http://www.sdtb.de/Home.623.0.html
Berlin Technical Museum
2528 |
MoS/WD |
SG |
S |
5T |
4W |
TSSR 14768/1943? X9070 |
|
These pictures are courtesy of Thomas Kautzor (added 16th
June 2013):


Bremerhaven Docks (picture added 21st January 2012)
This picture is courtesy of Tobi Allstadt

http://www.sem-chemnitz.de/index.php
Chemnitz Hilbersdorf Depot / Museum
30-50-979 3009-6 |
DR |
SG |
D |
6T |
4+4W |
Kirow |
Coaling grab |
WRT 58 |
DR |
SG |
D |
16/20T |
8W |
Kirow? |
Also 30-50-979 3026-0 Grab, lattice jib |
Kran Nr 563 |
DR |
SG |
D |
16/20T |
8W |
Kirow? |
Also 9801 209-1 Grab, lattice jib
http://www.bahnbilder.de/bilder/gleisbaumaschinen-und--kraene-220352.jpg
(link dead by 12th April 2018) |
|
DR? |
SG |
D(M)? |
2T |
4W |
|
Coaling/Ash Grab |
|
|
SG |
H |
1T |
4W |
C.Herrm. Findeisen |
Mounted on modern coaching stock bogie. http://www.bahnbilder.de/bilder/gleisbaumaschinen-und--kraene-220353.jpg
(link dead by 12th April 2018) |
http://www.bahnwelt.de/
(added 19th May 2015)
Darmstadt-Kranichstein, Bahnwelt Darmstadt-Kranichstein
6962 |
DB |
SG |
D |
15T |
4-2-4W |
Krupp-Ardelt 26144/1956 |
Operational. ex-DB Frankfurt/M. Süd (Gleiskran BA
115) |
This is Thomas Kautzor's 2015 photograph:

http://www.dampf-kran.de
Bw Dresden Alstadt
http://www.verkehrsmuseum-dresden.de/
Dresden Transport Museum
http://www.feldbahn-ffm.de/
Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum e.V. (FFM, added 19th
May 2015)
This is Thomas Kautzor's 2007 photograph:

http://speyer.technik-museum.de/en
Speyer Technik Museum (entry amended
and pictures added, 19th May 2015)
6808 |
DB |
SG |
D |
4-2-4W |
15T |
Wyhlen type 116, 32004/1 of
1957 |
Its last DB number was 3080 974 0 092-0, before that it was "Frankfurt 6808". |
These are Thomas Kautzor's 2007 photographs:
http://www.hafenmuseum-hamburg.de/de/index.htm#.VVnxV_ntlBc
Hafenmusuem, Hamburg (entry amended and pictures added 19th
May 2015)
710 002 |
see note |
SG |
H |
|
6W |
|
Marked "Deutsche Reichsbahn Mainz" so it must have been built pre-WWII and is ex-DB ex-DRG rather than ex-DR |
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SG |
H |
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4W |
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|
These are Thomas Kautzor's 2014 photographs (710 002 on
the left):
http://www.kandertalbahn.de/
Kandern, Kanderntalbahn
These are Thomas Kautzor's 2007 photographs:
http://www.dampflokmuseum.de/
Neuenmarkt, D-95339 Birkenstraße 5, Deutsches Dampflokomotiv-Museum (entry
added 8th October 2012)
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|
SG |
S |
6T |
4W |
Demag 5365/1927 |
ex Bamburg Gravel pit and later Deggendorf ( Danube river ) Port - preserved since 1973
http://www.dampflokmuseum.de/cms/images/stories/exponate/20051031102625_2.jpg
(link broken by July 2020) |
According to Andreas Illert, this is now (12th August
2018) in working order having received a new boiler from Meiningen and is
steamed on special occasions (like 20th May 2018 here):

Riegel, Eisenbahnfreunde Breisgau e.V. (EFB)
http://www.eisenbahnfreunde-breisgau.de/
(entry
added 25th January 2016)
796 |
|
SG |
S |
14T |
4W |
Mohr 1895, ex SWEG/MEG/SEG |
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This is Thomas Kautzor's January 2016 picture (added 25th
January 2016).

http://speyer.technik-museum.de/en/en/auto-technik-museum-sinsheim
(link dead by April 2015)
Sinsheim Auto und Technk Museum
30-80-974 0-035 |
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SG |
S |
57T |
6+6W |
Ardelt 203143/1949 |
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Stuttgart, Kornwestheim Preservation Depot
latterly 1048 |
DR |
SG |
D |
16T |
8W |
Takraf |
Original number not known, grab, lattice jib |
Greece
None steam known; possibly a couple of hand cranes.
SPAP, Patras (Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways)
251 |
SPAP |
MG |
D |
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6W |
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252 |
SPAP |
MG |
D |
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6W |
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|
These are Thomas Kautzor's photographs taken in Aghios Andreas yard in Patras
in March 2010:
Italy
Saronno, Museo Ferroviario Stazione
X 0092 |
|
SG |
H |
|
4W |
19th Century? |
|
http://www.museoferroviariotrieste.it/sceltebase.html
(Link broken by 1st November 2018)
Trieste Campo Marzio Museo Ferroviario
GRUz 6080 970 7002-6 |
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SG |
S? |
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Breslauer 1943 |
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Castell Maggiore, (near Bologna)
Not open to the public.
H87 |
FS? |
SG |
S |
20 |
4+4W |
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Seen OOU.
Assumed ex US Army MRS/USATC. Is this possibly GRUz 807 920? It is nothing
to do with the Italian Army now. |
Luxembourg
http://www.rail.lu/amtf.html
AMTF,Fonds-de-Gras
These are Thomas Kautzor's 2010 photographs:
Madeira
At Funchal, there are the remains (not much) of a Thomas
Smith Rodley steam crane, see http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-history/1907-sugar-cane-mill-machinery-madeira-some-large-photos-226567/.
It's easy to miss, most visitors spotting only the Clarke
Chapman winches (22nd October 2015).
Netherlands
http://www.spoorwegmuseum.nl/home.html
Spoorweg Museum
400 |
|
SG |
H |
5T |
4W |
|
One time fixed quayside crane, sometime mounted on a four wheel wagon frame. Now used as the museum coaling crane and nicknamed ‘Caroline’. |
3084 974 1 503-1 |
|
SG |
D |
60T |
6+6W |
Krupp-Ardelt 204282/1957 |
Ex 482 Stored for museum at Stadskanaal |
Beekbergen VSM Veluwe Steam Train Co
80 84 974 1502-2 |
|
SG |
D |
60T |
6+6W |
Krupp-Ardelt ?204281?/1957 |
OOU. Earlier number, 974 1 502, Ex 483?. Ex NS Eindhoven 1997?
Stored at workshop, not normally accessible. |
VSM 1015 |
|
SG |
D |
3.2T |
4+4W |
Kirow EDK 6 44?/1958 |
Ex DR 79-10-22 Coaling Crane, in use. http://www.nmld.nl/pix/VSM_04_09_2004_030.jpg |
http://www.museumbuurtspoorweg.nl/
Boekelo, MBS Lokaalspoorwegmuseum (added 15th November
2012)
Overslag Bedrijf Amsterdam |
|
SG |
H |
1T |
4W |
Figee |
Possibly ex NS |
This 2016 picture is courtesy of Marc Stegeman (28th June
2018)

Erica (Drenthe), Industrieel Smalspoor Museum (ISM) (added
23rd May 2013)
This picture is courtesy of Thomas Kautzor:

http://www.nmld.nl/index.php?page=object&id=1742&lan=en
Goes Stoomtrein Goes-Borsele (39 added 19th May 2015)
39 |
|
SG |
S |
6T |
4W |
Schelde 1946 |
Original number not known, to SHM by 1978
Ex -SHM Hoorn April 2015 |
This picture of 39 is courtesy of Thomas Kautzor at Hoorn (added
23rd May 2013):

These pictures at Goes-Borsele are courtesy of Kevin
Hoggett (19th May 2015)
http://www.decauville.nl/
Harskamp Decauville Spoorweg Museum
This picture of the metre gauge crane is courtesy of
Thomas Kautzor (added 23rd May 2013):

This picture of the broad gauge crane is courtesy of
Thomas Kautzor (added 23rd May 2013):

MEC private museum in Dronten, province of Flevoland.(http://mecmuseum.nl/
(amended 28th December 2021) steam machines are listed here https://mecmuseum.nl/stoommachines/stoommachines/,
sadly the site is not easily accessed by public transport.
Formerly at Zuiderduik, Dordrecht, Garage UFKES (Entry
revised 13th August 2020)
8 |
|
SG |
S |
3T |
4W |
Demag 1945? |
ex Boele, Bolnes no. 8? |
Seen in steam here by Marc Stegeman in 2019.
http://www.maritiemmuseum.nl/website/index.cfm?fuseaction=frontpage.show&
(link dead by 26th April 2014)
Rotterdam, Prins Hendrick Maritime Museum
10 |
|
SG |
S |
3T |
4W |
Boele, built to Demag design 1948 |
ex Boele, Bolnes no. 10?, to static monument by 19??. |
This is Thomas Kautzor's 2007 picture: (added 26th May
2015):

Near Den Bosch, Autoweg van Numegen (Not
recently confirmed)
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|
SG |
S |
20T |
4+4W |
IBHC 1943? |
Ex US Army MRS until 1946, ex F.P van Loon, Heesch, Belgium
1986.
John Taubeneck says this may be
Industrial Brownhoist 11626/1944 said to be preserved in the Netherlands |
http://www.museumbuurtspoorweg.nl/
Haaksbergen, MBS, (Museum Buurt Spoorweg)
96 |
|
SG |
H |
5T |
4W |
Werkspoor 1916 |
Early hand crane mounted on long wheel base four wheel wagon. |
http://stoommachinemuseum.nl/
Medemblik, Nederlands Stoommachine Museum, NSM (location
corrected 24th May 2013)
9 |
|
SG |
S |
3T |
4W |
Demag 1945? |
ex Boele, Bolnes no. 9?, to SSN in 1982, to NSM
to Medemblick by 1999
Picture - http://stoommachinemuseum.nl/nieuws/de-boele-9-hijskraan-onderweg/
(link dead but site working 26th April 2014) |
Simpelveld ZLSM South Limburg
|
|
SG |
S |
20T |
4+4W |
CS 3823/1916-17? |
War Office/ IWD ex SNCB 214.3.17.00 |
These are Kevin Hoggett's pictures from July 2017 (added
11th July 2017):


http://www.stadskanaalrail.nl/star/star.php
Veendam StadskanaalMuseumspoorlijn S T A R
http://museumscheldewerf.nl/
Vilissingen - Shipyard Museum at Dokhaven, Vlissingen
This crane is expected to soon move from its current site,
Goes Stoomtrein Goes-Borsele, to a position adjacent to the museum (29th
June 2018).
38 |
|
SG |
S |
6T |
4W |
Schelde 1946 |
Original number not known, to SGB by 1978. |
Norway
Confirmed none in mainland Norway, however, what must be
the most northerly part extant steam crane is shown below
Spitzbergen / Svalbard, New London on Kongs Fjord opposite the research settlement
of Ny Alesund (added 30th August 2014)
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|
891mm / 914mm |
S |
ca 10T |
4W |
Taylor ca `9`0 |
Minus boiler, rusting in peace |
Pictures are by Ian Hatfield:
Portugal (many
new pictures and a few new entries as noted below, 7th November 2022)
(Minas de) Aljustrel (added 7th November 2022)
This unidentified crane and other railway items are stored
(dumped?) here. As two other steam locomotives are plinthed locally outside
the mining area, these may well follow.
These pictures are courtesy of
Thomas Kautzor (7th November 2022)
Belem
These pictures of an unidentified hand crane are courtesy of
Thomas Kautzor (7th November 2022). It is outside the Central Tejo electric power plant, now the Museu da Electricidade as well as the MAAT (Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology).


http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=86ed1a90e1ade110VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD&lang=en
Entroncamento National Railway Museum (For museum,
stored, gradually being restored)
|
|
1668mm |
S |
6T |
4W |
S&P |
Coaling crane, formerly used at the depot here.
(source Locomotives International 94, p63) |
G3 |
|
1668mm |
H |
6T? |
4W |
Nicause & Delauve,
19th century? |
Curved rolling counterbalance, stated as identical to G4
at Lisboa |
G30002 |
|
1668mm |
H |
6T |
4W |
Ardelt 193? |
'Folding' jib type crane |
GY50003 |
|
1668mm |
H |
10T |
8W |
TSSR ?7012/1908 |
Ex Camhinos do Ferro Minho a Douro,
Carries plates, MD 411 & MD 412,
Computer no. 26 94 961 0001-8 |
|
|
1668mm |
S |
6T |
4W |
P.Mallard, Rouen |
Ex Cia dos Camhinos de Ferro de Beira Alta |
CP 7 020114-8 |
|
1668mm |
S to D |
35T |
4+4W |
Booth 3672/1924 |
Ua 2694 9611-001, CFSS - CF do Estado, Direccao do Sul e Sul
Este.
Ordered via Selson Engr. Co., London and The Engineering Co. of Portugal,
Lisboa. |
G 12 SS |
CFSS |
1668mm |
S |
2.5T |
?4W |
Ibbotson
18?? |
Formerly at the Estremoz Museum (noted 15th November
2013).
CFSS = CF do Estado, Direccao do Sul e Sul Este http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=7ae9da41967b6010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD |
These pictures of the Ardelt crane are courtesy
of Thomas Kautzor (added 7th November 2022):


These pictures of the Booth crane are courtesy
of Thomas Kautzor (added 7th November 2022):


This pictures of the Ibbotson crane are courtesy
of Thomas Kautzor (added 7th November 2022):


These pictures of the Mallard crane are courtesy
of Thomas Kautzor (added 7th November 2022):


This picture of the
Nicause & Delauve crane is courtesy
of Thomas Kautzor (added 7th November 2022):

This picture of the Stothert and Pitt coaling
crane is courtesy
of Thomas Kautzor (added 7th November 2022):

By process of elimination, I believe this is
the TSSR hand crane listed above. This picture is courtesy
of Thomas Kautzor (added 7th November 2022):

This unidentified hand crane was photographed
by Thomas Kautzor in February 2020 (added 7th November 2022):

Figueira da Foz (18th August 2016)
There is what appears to be a large preserved crane just
by the main gate of the port facility here:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@40.1478147,-8.8479677,103m/data=!3m1!1e3
These pictures are courtesy of Thomas Kautzor
(added 7th November 2022):


(Port of ) Leixoes (North West of Porto)
|
|
1668mm |
S |
15T |
|
Fives, Lille blocksetters, of 1884 |
Two of these lattice jibbed Titans, 50 ton capacity at
95ft radius. One in use till the 1960s, both present 2011. |
These pictures of these cranes are courtesy
of Thomas Kautzor (added 7th November 2022):




These photographs are from J. Modesto and Bruce Ward:

Lisboa (waterfront)
Two unidentified old powered cranes (added 14th January
2014)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eugenimontanuy/5199274829 link broken by
July 2020
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eugenimontanuy/5199869512 link broken by
July 2020
Lisboa (Plinthed at Campolide Depot)
G4 |
|
1668mm |
H |
6T |
4W |
Nicause & Delauve
19th century? |
Curved rolling counterbalance |
This picture is courtesy of Thomas Kautzor
(added 7th November 2022):

http://www.cm-vnfamalicao.pt/_museu_ferroviario
http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=6d9682570c275010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD
Lousado Museum
|
|
1000mm |
H |
|
4W |
Tangye ca 1875 |
|
941101 |
|
1000mm |
H |
14T |
4W |
|
|
These pictures of the Tangye Brothers crane
are courtesy of Thomas Kautzor (added 7th November 2022): This
metre gauge crane came from the CFPPV (C.F. do Porto à Póvoa de Varzim)


This picture of 941101 is courtesy of the museum:

Pocinho (7th November 2022)
Unidentified hand crane, the pictures say it all...
These pictures are courtesy of Thomas Kautzor
(added 7th November 2022):


Pomarao
These are James Waite's pictures:
Porto, Estaleiro do Ouro (added 7th November
2022)
This hand crane is on the waterfront and carries two copies of
a makers plate that appears to read "Fundição Massarellos Porto'. For
basic information on the company see https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Massarellos_Foundry_(Porto).
Thomas comments "it carries APDL (Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castela, SA), so it might have either come from the nearby Port of Leixões in Matosinhos, or the little fisher port where it is now located was also under APDL administration."


Porto, Rua Nova da Alfandega (added 24th
June 2015)
Thomas adds: "The crane belongs to the Porto Transport and Communications Museum
which is located inside the old customs house (Alfândega do Porto), which is located on Rua Nova da Alfândega.
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|
?1668mm |
H |
?3T |
4W |
|
Unknown, probably French made ca 1880. Fitted with Galle chains |
Pictures courtesy of John Ditchfield
This picture of an unidentified hand crane is in the same
area. The picture is courtesy of Thomas Kautzor (7th November 2022).

Pragal / Alamada (updated 13th October 2017)
|
|
1668mm |
S |
?5T |
4W |
TSSR 16395 ca 1946 |
Near Station, Boa Esperanza, Metro Sul, Location - 38.663659, -9.191422 |
This picture is courtesy of Thomas Kautzor:

Setubal, Praias do Sado (picture added 14th
January 2014)
Vila Nova de Gaia
G50004 |
|
1668mm |
H |
6T |
4W |
Ardelt 1930 |
'Folding' jib type crane. Stored for museum |
Spain
Azpeitia Museo Vasco de Ferrocarril
Alcazar de San Juan
This is Thomas Kautzor's December 2015
picture of the hand crane (added 29th January 2016).

Alicante, Altea Station (added 25th February
2017)
|
Ferrocarril Alicante-Denia |
MG |
H |
|
4W |
Chavarri Petramente et Cie ca.1916 |
Talleres de Miravanes(sic), Vizcaya
Altea Station is on the FGV Alicante - Benidorm line
Almost certainly the one that used to be on the sea front/ |
This is Thomas Kautzor's picture:

Alicante, Avinugda de la Universitat d'Elx, 71, Elx/Elche (added
25th February 2017)
|
|
1674mm |
H |
|
4W |
|
On the right of way of the RENFE Alicante - Murcia line
which now runs underground here. |
This is Thomas Kautzor's picture:

Canfranc (stored at station for unspecified
museum) - added 16th October 2012
Castelbisbal, near Barcelona (Plinthed in
scrapyard Francisco Alberich SA)
|
Ferrocarril Olot Gerona |
MG |
H |
3T |
4W |
|
Kerr Stuart London plate, presumed as Agent. |
http://museos.gijon.es/page/5284-museo-del-ferrocarril-de-asturias
(link dead 29th March 2012)
Gijon, Museo del Ferrocarril de Asturias
Huelva, Rio Tinto Mining Museum (pictures
updated. 7th July 2016)
This is James Waite's picture of 150 (first) and Kevin
Hoggett's picture:
This is Thomas Kautzor's picture of 55 in July
2001, below is Kevin Hoggett's rather sad picture from 2016


This is Kevin Hoggett's 2016 picture of 2

This is James Waite's pictures of one of the
hand cranes.
Langreo La Felguera, (formerly Valnalon Industrial Estate
by 2013 in Steel Museum)
|
|
MG |
S |
|
4W |
1920 |
Duro fel Guera, to Ayto Langreo, to Ensidesa.
Museo de la Siderurgia (http://museodelasiderurgia.es/
link dead Octorber 2017)
Now restored
and in the museum, http://www.langreo.as/opencms/opencms/ayuntamiento_es/delegaciones/Ayuntamiento_Del/noticias/grua_leona.html
(3rd September 2013, link dead but site working 26th April
2014) |
Madrid - Delicias Museum
This is Thomas Kautzor's December 2015 picture (added 20th
January 2016):

Majorca/Mallorca, Sóller, Ferrocarril de Sóller
These are Thomas Kautzor's pictures from 2004:
Monforte Depot / Museum
Tenerife, Avenida de Anaga, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
|
Junta de Obras de Tenerife |
2000mm |
|
S |
4W |
Grafton 2261/1925? |
|
These pictures were taken by Thomas Kautzor in 2006:
These pictures were taken by Kevin Hoggett in 1985:
Tenerife – Puerto de los Mujos, 230km N of Playa de los
Americas (Confirmation of present
status required.)
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|
? |
|
|
|
|
Dumped, boilerless (noted on web article 3/2009) |
Valencia, Univ Politecnica Etsi Industriales (Likely
to move to Sagunto - see http://viveelaltopalancia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/dos-piezas-ferroviarias-vinculadas-los.html,
14th June 2013)
This is Thomas Kautzor's pictures from December 2005
(added 4th January 2017):

Villalba Estacion
These are Thomas Kautzor's pictures from December 2015:
The location is actually outside the station in Collado Villalba; 40km to the NE of Madrid,
40.626711, -4.008421, being in the middle of a traffic island you can
Streetview it on Google maps all around!
Sweden
Gavle National Railway Museum (Until
recently in the museum
reserve store, Nynas and not normally accessible but see below)
A2 |
SJ |
SG |
S |
50T |
8W+RB |
CS 8934/1947 Bollnas 1/52 |
Later Qan 0011, Qan 986 0011? Latterly allocated
Ånge (late 1970s?), in strategic store for a period until early 1990s. |
These pictures were taken by Roar Stenersem on 14th
September 2012, the crane is now operational:
http://ekomuseum.se
Grangesburg Museum
Qan 0017 |
SJ |
SG |
DE |
80?T |
6+6W |
Kirow 1976 |
Later 3074 986 0017-9 (ex SJ 212?) |
9003 |
OKB |
SG |
H |
5T |
6W |
Halmstads 44531/1927 |
|
Gothenburg/Goteburg BJS Bergslargarnas Jarnvagssallskrap
A4 |
SJ |
SG |
S |
51/88T |
6+6W |
Krupp-Ardelt 204075/1956 |
Later Qan 0013, Qan 986 0013,Qan 3074 986 0 013-8. Preserved in working order |
http://www.nbjvm.se/
Lulea Karlsvik Museum
A3 |
SJ |
SG |
S |
51/88T |
6+6W |
Krupp-Ardelt 204074/1956 |
Later Qan 0012, Qan 986 0012, Qan 3074 986 0 012-0
OOU |
|
SJ? |
SG |
H |
2T |
4W |
Halmstads 88655/19?? |
|
Switzerland
http://www.dvzo.ch/index.php?N1_ID=0&Language=de
Bauma, DVZO
http://www.volldampf.ch/heg/
Historische Eisenbahn Gesellschaft (HEG), Delémont roundhouse
(added 11th December 2011)
Thanks are due to:
Chris Appleby, Ted Knotwell, Ray Schofield, Brian Garvin, Ivor Harding, Thomas Kautzor, Kevin Hoggett, J. Modesto, Bruce
Ward, James Waite
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