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Perchance please.

Anyone know the works number of the crane that was at Sansrasm?

And I assume the 'was' is the case i.e. scrapped.

EAR 1130; one of two 76 ton capacity machines, ordered from Ransomes and Rapier in 1952.
They were tested at Ipswich in August 1954 and August 1955 respectively and commissioned into service in 1955-6.
For many years 1130 was based at Nakuru.
They had hydraulically operated six wheel relieving ...

EAR No. 1013 Ordered by Crown Agents for the Kenya Uganda Rly., it probably ran as their No. 25.
Originally a hand crane of 20 ton capacity, on ten wheels, ( six fixed and four wheel bogie ) and built by Cowans Sheldon, Carlisle as works no. 4582 of 1927. There used a few years ago to be a plate on ...

EARH No. 1106 Grafton 2 Ton Steam Crane. Circa mid 1920s.
Graftons rarely carried date of manufacture. The works plate usually carried neither works number nor date.
The works number is cast in to the base plate of the crane.

See attached – can it be read from an original photo?

The bases for ...

EAR No. 1013 Ordered by Crown Agents for the Kenya Uganda Rly., it probably ran as their No. 25.
Originally a hand crane of 20 ton capacity, on ten wheels, ( six fixed and four wheel bogie ) and built by Cowans Sheldon, Carlisle as works no. 4582 of 1927. There used a few years ago to be a plate on ...

EAR No.1164 Ordered by Crown Agents for the Tangyanika Rlys. R&R works C6813-4/1926 , it was tested at Ipswich in June 1927 and entered service as TR no. 2962.
A 25 ton capacity self propelled steam breakdown crane on ten wheels ( six fixed and a four wheel bogie )

Stated as working most recently ...