Wensleydale Railway - Photo Archive


Restoration of a Railway Crane
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In late 2022 a Hubbard & Taylor 15 Tonne Civil Engineers Crane arrived at Leeming Bar after being bought by one of our volunteers off the Keithley and Worth Valley Railway. This photo gallery will document its restoration. When restored and properly certified for lifting, it will be an invaluable addition to the railway for purposes such as track laying etc. as it will allow complete track panels to be assembled in a yard, transported to site and then placed in position, by the crane.
Restoration of the crane continued in December 2023 with cleaning and painting of the crane's main body and the production and painting of new metal cladding.

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Photo - Neil Guest
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting of the crane body in progress (05/12/2023)
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Photo - Neil Guest
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting of the crane body in progress (05/12/2023)
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Photo - Neil Guest
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting of the crane body in progress (05/12/2023)
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Photo - Neil Guest
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting of the crane body in progress (05/12/2023)
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Photo - Neil Guest
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting of the crane body in progress (05/12/2023)
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Photo - Neil Guest
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting of the crane body in progress (05/12/2023)
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Photo - Neil Guest
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting of the crane body in progress (05/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting and cleaning in progress (05/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Screw holes being tapped for use in attaching the external panels (05/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting and cleaning in progress (05/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting and cleaning in progress (05/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting and cleaning in progress (05/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting and cleaning in progress (05/12/2023)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
Railway Crane Restoration - Degreasing the rear buffer bean and painting the crane's rear body (12/12/2023)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
Railway Crane Restoration - Degreasing the front buffer beam (12/12/2023)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
Railway Crane Restoration - Working inside the cab of the crane (12/12/2023)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting a crane side panel (12/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting and cleaning in progress (12/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting and cleaning in progress (12/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting and cleaning in progress (12/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Neil Guest taking a rest between spells of painting and cleaning in progress (12/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting and cleaning in progress (12/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting and cleaning in progress (12/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting and cleaning in progress (12/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting and cleaning in progress (12/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting and cleaning in progress (12/12/2023)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
Railway Crane Restoration - The large area to the left on the rear buffer beam has been steam cleaned (19/12/2023)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
Railway Crane Restoration - Steam cleaning on the Crane's rear buffer beam (19/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting and cleaning in progress (19/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting and cleaning in progress (19/12/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - The crane is starting to look very smart with it new paint scheme (09/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - The crane is starting to look very smart with it new paint scheme (09/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - The crane is starting to look very smart with it new paint scheme (09/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - The crane is starting to look very smart with it new paint scheme (09/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - The crane is starting to look very smart with it new paint scheme (09/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - The crane's diesel engine. (09/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - The crane is starting to look very smart with it new paint scheme (16/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Removing a lot of dirt and dust from around the main electrical distribution box (16/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting some of the some of the small equipment panel covers (16/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Working on the front of the crane (16/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Working on one of the crane bogies (16/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - A panel has been fitted to the rear of the crane body (23/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - One of the newly painted panels for the crane body (23/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - One of the newly painted panels being moved into position (23/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting the crane (23/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Painting the crane (23/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Getting ready to fit another panel to the crane (23/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Manoeuvring a panel into position for fitting (23/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Manoeuvring a panel into position for fitting (23/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Securing a panel into position (23/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - Getting more bolts for securing the newly fitted panel (23/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - More panels have been fitted to the crane's body (30/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - More panels have been fitted to the crane's body (30/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane Restoration - More painted panels ready for fitting to the crane (30/01/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane restoration - The external panels are getting fitted and painted (06/02/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane restoration - The external panels are getting fitted and painted (06/02/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane restoration - The external panels are getting fitted and painted (13/02/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane restoration - The external panels are getting fitted and painted (13/02/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane restoration - The external panels are getting painted (13/02/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane restoration - The external panels are getting fitted and painted. Now looking very nice from the rear (20/02/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane restoration - The external panels are getting fitted and painted (20/02/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane restoration - The current work in the shed is now nearly complete and a large tarpaulin is now covering the crane in readiness for it to move outside for the next stage of restoration (27/02/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane restoration - The current work in the shed is now nearly complete and a large tarpaulin is now covering the crane in readiness for it to move outside for the next stage of restoration (27/02/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The railway crane body is now outside, with a large tarpaulin for protection (05/03/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The railway crane body is now outside, with a large tarpaulin for protection, alongside the Leyland Lev 1 railbus which is due to go into the maintenance shed for body restoration work (05/03/2024)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
Derek Barnes of the Direct Works Team fitting the Crane Hook Trough to the Crane's Match Wagon in a siding at Leeming Bar. (05/03/2024)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
Derek Barnes of the Direct Works Team fitting the Crane Hook Trough to the Crane's Match Wagon in a siding at Leeming Bar. (05/03/2024)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
Derek Barnes of the Direct Works Team fitting the Crane Hook Trough to the Crane's Match Wagon in a siding at Leeming Bar. (05/03/2024)
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Photo - Nick Keegan
The crane body had now been mated to its jib and match truck (--/03/2024)
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Photo - Nick Keegan
The crane body had now been mated to its jib and match truck (--/03/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The railway crane which is under restoration is being moved into position as an exhibit in our Model Rail Show. (30/04/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane restoration - The crane was on display to all visitors to our Model Rail Exhibition and this was information notice put beside it (04/05/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane restoration - The crane on display to all visitors to our Model Rail Exhibition (04/05/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane restoration - The crane on display to all visitors to our Model Rail Exhibition (04/05/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Railway Crane restoration - The crane on display to all visitors to our Model Rail Exhibition (14/05/2024)
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