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Number and Name	Class	Wheels Gauge	Builder Works No/Year built	Notes/Location
	λ 15 ton Steam Breakdown Crane	4+4w 3'6"	Joseph Booth and Bros 2540/1911	Mashonaland Rly.Co.Ltd., London E.C. .  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 5 ton Steam Breakdown Crane	Standard	Joseph Booth and Bros 2759/1913	Argentine North Eastern Rly., London. As Or 2581.  Close © Bob & Nikki McDonald MMXXVI (Joseph Booth and Bros 2759/1913) Representative photo
	λ 25 ton Steam Breakdown Crane	10w 3'6"	Joseph Booth and Bros 3456/1920	Mashonaland Rly Co, Preserved Bulawayo Museum, later NRZ no. MXU 100 007.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 15 ton Steam Breakdown Crane	5'6"	Joseph Booth and Bros 3586/1922	Port of Calcutta (India).  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 35 ton Steam Breakdown Crane	4-4w 5'6"	Joseph Booth and Bros 3672/1924	Portuguese Govt. Rly. Survives – Entroncamento National Rly Museum, Ex Camhinos do Ferro Minho a Douro, Ordered via Selson Engr. Co., London and The Engineering Co. of Portugal, Lisboa..  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 25 ton Steam Breakdown Crane	8w 5'6"	Joseph Booth and Bros 3767/1925	North Western Rly (India).  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
75	λ 15 ton Steam Breakdown Crane	4w Standard	Joseph Booth and Bros 3780/1925	Great Western Rly, Paddington Station, London. Built to Great Western Rly designs with Great Western Rly chassis components.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 2 x 25 ton Steam Breakdown Crane	Metre	Joseph Booth and Bros 3791/1926	Cordoba Central Railway, 3791A In use 2003, 3791B urep 2003.  Close © Bob & Nikki McDonald MMXXVI (Joseph Booth and Bros 3791/1926) Photo of the exact item
	λ 25 ton steam breakdown crane	3'6"	Joseph Booth and Bros 4131/1936	South African Rlys.  Externaly Hosted Image - BDCA
	λ 15 ton Steam Breakdown Crane	4+4w 3'6"	Joseph Booth and Bros 4323/1936	South African Rlys and Harbours Ltd. per P.Drury and Co. Ltd., Johannesburg.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide

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	Survivor
λ	Crane.