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    Gwili Railway gets National Collection breakdown crane

    Jan 19, 2021 3 minutes
    By Robin Jones
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    JAMES BUCKLEY
    JAMES BUCKLEY

    IN A complex movement over 230 miles and lasting 72 hours, the Gwili Railway and the Welsh Railways Trust (WRT) took delivery of historically-important Cowans Sheldon diesel-hydraulic breakdown crane No. ADRC 96714.

    Obtained with the help of the Science Museum Group and Network Rail, the 75-ton-capacity crane will now enter service on the Carmarthenshire heritage line and play a key role in its expansion plans.

    The Carlisle-built crane entered BR

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