Mike's Models Water Crane

[Les Bird]

I have on my layout a Mike's Models Great Eastern water crane. Rummaging through my stock of accessories, I came across another Mike's Models crane (catalogue no,8) which is marked L&Y/GE. It has a (non working) gas lamp on the top and looks nothing like the other crane on the layout. Can anyone shed any light on this?

 

[CKPR]

Water cranes, like signalling, turntables, etc were often bought in from outside manufacturers and so it was possible to see the same design on different pre-grouping railways - the L&Y / GE example probably represents a design that was bought in by the GE.

[Les Bird]

That of course is quite likely but I would like to see a picture to convince me, I've trawled through several books and the web but without success so far. I'll keep looking.

 

[Steamport Southport]

A typical L&YR water crane here. They were normally quite substantial.

 

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/bacup/index5.shtml

 

 

 

Jason

[Les Bird]

19 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:

A typical L&YR water crane here. They were normally quite substantial.

 

That's pretty much what the kit looks like so I remain unconvinced that it would suit a GE layout

 

 

[stewartingram]

Somewhere..just somewhere....in my mind....I seem to recall when these kits came out that I doubted it. But I was younger and, shall we say, less....knowledgeable? I'm thinking that not long after that I came across a reference, maybe a picture of one, in GE territory. But I can't be sure!

Have you enquired with the GER Society?

 

Stewart

[PaulG]

Les, can you post a photo of the casting?

 

Paul