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    UKMISC: Rail Cranes: Ransome and Rapier Ltd

    Ransome and Rapier Ltd

    Ransome & Rapier was a major British manufacturer of railway equipment and later cranes, from 1869 to 1987. Originally an offshoot of the major engineering company Ransome's it was based at Waterside Works in Ipswich, Suffolk

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    RS 1097/45 at Great Central Railway

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    B4411 2,ADW2,ADW150434 S PR 36t 10w Steam Driven Vertical Boiler Crane
    F4991 122,DE330122,RS1083/45,ADRR95215 S PR 45t 8w Steam Driven Breakdown Crane
    941601 DB941601,F49913,102,DE330102,ADRR95214 P PR 45t 8w Steam Driven Vertical Boiler Breakdown Crane
    F5937 WD214,DB967303,DRC80115,80/020,62006 S PR 45t 8w Steam Driven Heavy Duty Crane
    C6553 81S,ADS81,ADRR95201,KESR151 P PR 36t 8w Steam Driven Breakdown Crane
    E8135 ADRR95209,ADS 1560 X 45t 8w Steam Driven Breakdown Crane
    E8133 1561S,ADS1561,ADRR95210,E8136 R PR 45t 8w Steam Driven Breakdown Crane
    18 E8137 8,ADW18,ADRR95212 S PR 45t 8w Steam Driven Breakdown Crane
    17 E8137/8,ADW17,RS1097/45,ADRR95208 P PR 45t 8w Steam Driven Breakdown Crane
    19 E8137-8,ADW19,ADRR95213 P PR 45t 8w Steam Driven Breakdown Crane
    F9162 1580S,DS1580,ADRR95216,ADS1580,ADW151 P PR 45t 8w Steam Driven Breakdown Crane