Say dose anybody know what teh Rail Yard Crane did when iy was nest too the Roundhouse/Turntable.Also how did they move the Locomotive Trucks when they were sitting a a seprate piece of Track.Did they ever move the Trucks/Wheels with the Rail Crane and move them onto the Turntable.Or did the roll them onto the Turntable with abucnh of Rail Yard Men.I want too ad dthis too my HO Layout so it can look realistic.Are there any Photos on the Net that someone can post for e.So I can see how they looked when they where sitting by the Roundhouse.Thanks.
A hoist is a tricky beast, leverage and angles can gang up and bite you, laying a long boom down across something you’d rather not have to rebuild. Here you are in the yard, a heavy lift to do, a cold diesel and an experienced crane operator away from an easy solution, how bad do you want these wheelsets over there?
Bad enough to hunt up a crane driver?
Bad enough to fight with a balky diesel till it warms up?
Bad enough to take your chances with somebody who doesn’t understand the boom angle/load limit diagram posted by law in the crane’s cab, along with rusty old sharp wire sticking out chokers and threadbare spreaders, and a 30 mph wind?
If not, grab some guys and get busy grunting and swearing.
Those are the options that pretty much drive the decision making process when a crane’s available. If a driver’s around, the engine is warm, and the rigging gear isn’t so shabby it gives me nightmares, I’ll use a crane to lift anything over one hundred pounds, and save the crew’s backs for another day. If the hoist isn’t online and ready to go, you look at the trade-offs in time and the work needing done and do whatever makes the most sense.
Some one put three axles at the leading end of a passenger EMU )Electric Multiple Unit) not only in the dirt but down the bank at my first station. So the wrecking crane was sent down to retrieve it. The guy in charge must have been having a bad day, forgotten his physics or whatever… they hooked the four cables up (two to each side around the cab) but didn’t get the hook directly over the centre of the cab. So when it came unstuck it swung… made a bit of a bang when it hit the jib. Wrecked the side of the cab and made the crane go back to the works it had just come out of after a major service… oops!
I think that’s why Railroads use those adapted bulldozers to re-rail stuff.
That raises the question… do they use them (when they can be borrowed/scrounged) around loco facilities to save jeffers_mz’s crew’s backs?
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If it’s around and already warmed up, use the dozer, but be sure to register the beer points with the guys so they know they aren’t getting away with anything.
Then tomorrow, you can trade 'em in on a high production day or else beer.