Thanks for the photograph and your comments Adrian, I think Andrew's explanation above is why the crane is shown with no straps etc. as it couldn't be operated in such limited loading gauge so there was no need to furnish it with such equipment. I have seen a design drawing showing the 'pads' which I constructed, so my guess is they were supplied new with the crane. All such items probably got lost or damaged between owners so were not on the photograph shown?Andrew wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 9:48 am
The width explains why the one that Colonel Stephens bought for the Ffestiniog only seems to have been photographed at Boston Lodge - according to drawings, the newly restored Baldwin is 7' wide and only just fits between the walls and bridge parapets between there and Minffordd, so that crane would have stood no chance!
I'm not a railway historian so I had two options available to me with my model.... modify it to run and add suitable working equipment, or trap it in a siding (minus equipment) where I would be repeatedly asked, 'Why doesn't it run?'. Life is too short to cope with the latter!