Has anyone seen an American Hoist railroad crane modeled in HO? I believe it was offered 5-10 years ago. It is was a 1960’s era design, capable of lifting 30-35 tons. My employer in South Louisiana had 3 of these self-propelled cranes at one time. I am interested in getting one for my new layout. I’ve re-entered the hobby for the first time since my teen years.
Cajunman
Is this what you are looking for?
http://www.walthers.com/exec/search?category=&scale=&manu=Walthers&item=&keywords=crane&instock=Q&split=30&Submit=Search
You can get the powered ones for about $30 in the Walthers flyer. And sorry to hijack the thread, but does anybody know what the CSX one looks like? I would like to model a CSX prototype, but I’m not sure which one to get. I’ll try to scan the pic up soon.
Thanks, Dough! That is it. Our cranes were painted safety yellow, sorry I don’t have a photo. There is an American RR crane that BNSF uses down here in South Louisiana for bridge modifications that is painted international orange. I was lucky enough when I was 19 to work on a crane as a crew member for a Christmas break while I was on vacation from college. I even ran it a couple of times to couple cars, but I didn’t perform any lifts.
Cajunman
Very similar cranes are used by a scrap metal processing company here in Milwaukee, Miller Compressing. They use them not only to move the cars around but they have a magnet at the end and load shredded and scrapped metal into gons. it is a very interesting operation. At one time in the early 1980s they used Fairbanks Morse locomotives to move the cars – attracted lots of railfan attention. Then one day – their locomotives became their product!
Dave Nelson