Street has 50 years experience of cranes for railway and rail engineering workshop applications world-wide. Requirements vary widely from continuous usage to light maintenance duty.

The most arduous duties in the railway industry are heavy duty railhead applications which demand that a large tonnage be off-loaded in a short time and, therefore, fast speeds and very high duty classifications are required. Production facilities for locomotives or rolling stock generally require medium duty cranes but often with special facilities for precision lifting and positioning. Maintenance facilities may require tandem lifting facilities to lift carriages clear of bogie units and some cranes require true vertical lifting with double scrolled hoist drums.

Traditionally a supplier to the British Railways network Street has more recently supplied cranes world-wide through its distributors for railway installations in North America, Asia Pacific, Africa and other international railways.