Gallery - Craven Bros. 40 Ton lift Steam Crane No.199 (ELS 4035)

This page contains links to some pictures from my collection of cranes in action and preservation. If you have pictures of NZR cranes, I'd love to hear about them - or better still - see them. Please feel free to contact me at treweek@ cs.waikato.ac nz. Clicking on any picture will open a larger image in a new window. If you can't see the new window, check that its not behind your current browser.

NZR Service - Post-NZR - Return to Gallery

Pictures during NZR Service

The pictures shows Crane 199 recovering Dj 1244 after it derailed on the track that ran to the Kaniere Hokitika Sawmill and the Dairy Company and would be circa 1974-75. The track runs alongside the Hokitika River. (Courtesy of Colin Barry)

40 tonner 199
1) Hokitika c.1974-75
40 tonner 199
2) Hokitika c.1974-75
40 tonner 199
3) Hokitika c.1974-75
40 tonner 199
4) Hokitika c.1974-75

Pictures from post-NZR service

The picture shows ELS 4035 laid up at Linwood in June/July 1992. (Courtesy of Darrin Wilkinson)

40 tonner 199
1) Linwood 1992
40 tonner 199
2) Linwood 1992
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