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Number and Name	Class	Wheels Gauge	Builder Works No/Year built	Notes/Location
	λ 10t Breakdown Crane	5'3"	Thomas Smith /	Recife and San Fransisco Pernambuco Rly.  Close © Andrew M Johnson MMXXVI (Thomas Smith /) Representative photo
	λ 10t Breakdown Crane	Metre	Thomas Smith 10914/c1929	Royal State Railway of Siam.  Close © Andrew M Johnson MMXXVI (Thomas Smith 10914/c1929) Representative photo
	λ 4 x 12 ton Steam Breakdown Cranes	3'6"	Joseph Booth and Bros 1918/1905	H Samuel, London.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 10 ton Hand Breakdown Crane	3'0"	Joseph Booth and Bros 1984/1906	Dorada Extension Rly Ltd, London.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 27 ton Steam Breakdown Crane	Standard	Joseph Booth and Bros 2100/1907	Takata and Co.Ltd., London E.C. Automatic Couplers.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 5 ton Hand Breakdown Crane	Standard	Joseph Booth and Bros 2171/1907	Sale and Co, London.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 10 ton Hand Breakdown Crane	3'6"	Joseph Booth and Bros 2231/1908	Crown Agents for the Colonies, Whitehall Gardens, London SW. For Nigerian Railways.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	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 20 ton Steam Breakdown Crane and Match Truck	10w Metre	Joseph Booth and Bros 2564/1912	India Office, Whitehall, London SW.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 2 x 20 ton Steam Loco Breakdown Cranes	5'6"	Joseph Booth and Bros 2582/1912	India Stores, One survives - Moghalpura, Lahore, Pakistan.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide External link
	λ 30 ton Steam Breakdown Crane	6+4w Standard	Joseph Booth and Bros 2712/1913	James A. Watts, London.  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 16 ton Loco. Breakdown Crane	4w Standard	Thomas Smith 2784/1881	South Eastern Ry., Engineers Office, St.Thomas St., London S.E.; Deliver to Bricklayers Arms Station.  Close © Andrew M Johnson MMXXVI (Thomas Smith 2784/1881) Representative photo
	3 x Slewing Brakes for 20 ton Breakdown Crane		Joseph Booth and Bros 2960/1915	India Stores.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	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 30 ton Steam Breakdown Crane	5'6"	Joseph Booth and Bros 3523/1921	Bombay, Baroda and Central India Rly.  Close © Bob & Nikki McDonald MMXXVI (Joseph Booth and Bros 3523/1921) Representative photo
	λ 36 ton Steam Breakdown Crane	6+4w Standard	Joseph Booth and Bros 3525/1921	Mathieson and Co, London, for Shanghai Nankin Railway.  Close © Unknown MMXXVI (Joseph Booth and Bros 3525/1921) Representative photo
	λ 2 x 5 ton Hand Breakdown Cranes	Metre	Joseph Booth and Bros 3585/1922	Burmese Rly.  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 3 x 10 ton Steam Breakdown Cranes	6w 5'6"	Joseph Booth and Bros 3607/1923	Bengal Nagpur Rly (India). Co, Spencer Bonecourt vertical boiler.  Close © Bob & Nikki McDonald MMXXVI (Joseph Booth and Bros 3607/1923) Representative photo

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