{{Short description|Type of tank engine with a crane mounted on it, often used in industrial environments}} [[File:Six-ton crane tank locomotive for the Oudh and Rohilkund Railway.jpg|thumb|Six-ton crane tank locomotive for the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]]] [[File:Crane tank.JPG|thumb|A [[Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns]] crane tank at [[Bressingham Steam & Gardens]]]] A '''crane tank locomotive''' (CT) is a [[steam locomotive]] fitted with a [[Crane (railroad)|crane]] for working in railway workshops, docksides, or other industrial environments.<ref name="Langston2014">{{cite book|author=Keith Langston|title=Scottish Steam: A Celebration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vwBtBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA51|date=13 August 2014|publisher=Wharncliffe|isbn=978-1-84563-163-5|pages=51–}}</ref> The crane may be fitted at the front, centre or rear.
The 'tank' in its name refers to water tanks mounted either side of the [[boiler]], as cranes were usually constructed on [[tank locomotive]]s (as opposed to [[tender locomotive]]s) for greater mobility in the confined locations where they were normally used.<ref name="Booth1999">{{cite book|author=Adrian Booth|title=The Doxford Crane Tanks: Crane Tank Locomotives of Doxford's Shipyard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=liL0ngEACAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Railway Bylines}}</ref> There is also a crane engine in the museum of Scottish railways
== Preserved examples == [[File:Dubs 4101.jpg|thumb|right|[[Dübs & Company]] works no. 4101, an {{whyte|0-4-0|CT}}]] *[[Shelton Iron & Steel Works No. 4101]], an {{whyte|0-4-0|CT}} built by [[Dübs & Company]] built in 1901, entering preservation on the [[East Somerset Railway]] in 1970, working 1977-1986 and later sold to the [[Foxfield Railway]], where it entered service in 2010.<ref name="Kerr2017">{{cite book|author=Fred Kerr|title=Steam at Work: Preserved Industrial Locomotives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5vImDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA37|date=30 June 2017|publisher=[[Pen & Sword]]|isbn=978-1-4738-9660-4|page=37}}</ref> *''[[Bressingham_Steam_and_Gardens#Standard_gauge_steam_locomotives|Millfield]]'', an {{whyte|0-4-0|CT}} built by [[Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns]] in 1942 (works no.7070), preserved at [[Bressingham Steam & Gardens]].
==See also== * [[Crane (rail)]] * [[NLR crane tank]] * [[Shelton Iron & Steel Works No. 4101]] * [[GWR 850 Class#Crane tanks|Three GWR engines constructed as crane tanks based on 850 class]]
== Further reading == * Crane Tank Locomotives in Australia - [[Australian Railway History|Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin]], June 1985, pp123-139
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Crane locomotives|Crane locomotives}} * [http://www.srpsmuseum.org.uk/10012.htm Barclay crane tank no.2127 of 1942] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070502170928/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/foxfield/dubs_crane_tank.htm Dübs crane tank no. 4101] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070327170418/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/foxfield/roker.htm RSH crane tank]
[[Category:Steam locomotive types]] [[Category:Cranes (machines)]]
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