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Just noticed another crane in the background of one of the pictures. Can anyone identify the model?

Hi guy's, I used to see this old 54 RB when my dad, who was a crane driver in the Ravenscraig Steelworks (1978), took me with him to collect his wages. Little did I know at that young age I would one day be driving 19's, 22's, 605's and 1405's. http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1809/rb542.jpg http:...

Hello everyone, newbee here. I just want to thank you all for the great pictures of the Poclain excavators. They are bringing tears to my eyes. I drove some of these models in the Steel works. My first Poclain was a TY45, it was fitted with a clamshell grab and at other times an orange peeler. It ha...

Just want to say thanks for all the pictures of the NCK Cranes. I used to drive an NCK 1405 in the steelworks. It was mainly on magnet work but at other times I did some actual crane work eg derailments an erecting.