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LNER Route: Leicester to Marylebone
Rugby Central Station: gcrcs17b
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Close up of image 'gcrcs17' showing the larger of the two
rail cranes set up with jacks and timbers after re-righting the locomotive. The
crane had a number of 'jacks' that were extended outwards on beams and
supported by railway sleepers. The block was reeved four times which
'multiplies' the load carried although the pair of chains or 'brothers' as they
were called would be the weakest link. The chains were then attached to the two
lifting eyes in front of the smokebox by shackles. Two cranes were required
because the weight and distribution of the locomotive would have been too great
for one. Even then the two cranes would have had difficulty in lifting the
locomotive clear of the ground. Therefore standard practice was to 'roll' the
locomotive upright on to even ground and then jack the locomotive upwards to
insert rails under the wheels. In extreme cases the locomotive might require
cutting up if its location was either inaccessible or the damage was too great
to move it back along the tracks back to the works.
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