A crane tank locomotive (CT) is a steam locomotive fitted with a crane for working in railway workshops, docksides, or other industrial environments. [1] The crane may be fitted at the front, centre or rear.

A "crane tank" is a type of steam locomotive upon which a steam-powered crane is mounted, producing a machine which is capable of performing as both a shunter and a mobile crane.

The North London Railway crane tank was an 0-4-2 ST steam locomotive crane tank type. Originally built in 1858 as an 0-4-0 ST by Sharp, Stewart and Company for the North and South Western Junction Railway. [2]

A "crane tank" is a type of steam locomotive upon which a steam-powered crane is mounted, producing a machine which is capable of performing as both a shunter and as a mobile crane.

This crane tank locomotive was built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn in 1940. The basic design was a Hawthorn Leslie one, and the parts for Roker and Works No 7007 Hendon were actually part of a cancelled order dating from 1918 - they were stored until assembled under RSH ownership in 1940 for the shipbuilding…

This crane tank locomotive was built by Neilson in 1890 and worked at the Millom Hematite Ore & Iron Co.’s hematite mines. It was employed in moving pit props, sleepers and sections of rail around.

A typical works crane tank loco, which spent its entire working life at Shelton Bar steel works at Stoke on Trent. There would be plenty of work for this loco in the heavy industrial environment with a maximum lift of 6 tons.

This crane tank locomotive was built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn in 1942. Two locomotives (Works Nos 7006 & 7007) had been supplied by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn to William Doxford and Sons in 1940 which were to a Hawthorn Leslie design dating from 1918.

Locomotive N°A234.S, a Neilson crane tank that was one of two built for the South Eastern Railway. Ordered on 24th June 1880 at a cost of £1,335 (works N°2686) the locomotive was delivered in April 1881.

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) 4ft Shunter was a class of 0-4-0ST steam locomotives. Introduced in 1863 by Ramsbottom, 26 were built in 1863–1865, 10 in 1870, 10 in 1872, and 10 in 1892. The last three of the latter batch were soon rebuilt as 0-4-2ST crane tanks.