Thread: Locomotive winched out of Birmingham Moor Street Station
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Old 5th June 2013, 13:40
Ploughman Ploughman is offline  
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I always said that a crane was a winch on a stick.

Winching is for Horizontal moves such as by a recovery crew.
Craning is for lifting as in this case.
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