let's see your cranes & work trains...

Thanks to Melgar for info on NYNH&H tool trains

briansilvermustang posted:

 

You know Brian, its funny I was thinking to myself when I clicked on the title that I would see something from you here! LOL!

Here’s a couple of shots of my work train. I added a Weaver PS-2 covered hopper to the train after these shots were taken. 

NC Dave, nice looking setup there!

Waiting, waiting and waiting  for the word to go to work.

Another K-line truck failure cleanup.

1 : 1 scale

WOW after seeing these setup's I am going to have to get me a setup down the road!

She's an oldie but a goodie

mike g. posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

 

You know Brian, its funny I was thinking to myself when I clicked on the title that I would see something from you here! LOL!

I thought the same thing Mike!

BSM,

   Here ya Go, my Shay driven Tin Plate work Train.

Layout in progress but just received the basics for our work/wreck train last month. Still a good bit to add.

You've seen people who have a light bulb so to speak go off in they're head when they have an idea well I on the contrary have what I like to call brain farts and this is the product of my last brain fart.

that looks great Rusty!

This is from 2011. I need to pull this back out and get some fresh pictures. The consist has changed since these pictures.

My PRR wreck train...

Tom

Modified Williams observation car.

K-Line potable water tank car, Weaver sand hopper and a K-Line flat car with modified Lionel caboose body.

K-Line flat car with a modified Lionel caboose and the tow apparatus from a BB-157 tow truck and our modified Williams observation car.

K-Line Foreman's car, PRB box car with a gray wash and a Lionel ballast car.

RSJB18 posted:

She's an oldie but a goodie

Your right Bob, she is old! I bet the guys are long gone that use to work her! LOL

Lots of cranes:

And here an e-book full of cranes: http://sncf231e.nl/crane-trucks/

Regards

Fred

Models of Southern Ry 250 ton wreck Derrick and Idler Car, early Service Yard photo of attic layout. 

r

Southern Ry workhorse 150 ton derricks working face to face making repairs to the Lake Pontchartrain trestle on one of the Southern rail lines into New Orleans.   C. Sam country of "who dat" and hot sauce.

MOW Unit at working.

Putting a NYC J3 Hudson back on the tracks.

Pete

John, nice little video!

Brian, love the picture!

Pete that sure is a nice looking train! Sweet!

I am starting to wish I never looked at this, all these great looking crane cars are making me want one more and more!

For jobs around my railroad sometimes we have to call on the big guns to get the job done! The crew and Forman are ready! 

Hey Dewey,  Pick these up from the Choo-Choo when they first arrived even thou not prototypically correct.

Later when MTH produced a more prototypically correct 120-ton picked this up at the Choo-Choo.

Recently sold the green & white crane but buyer did not buy the red tender. Which is just as well since can use it for a project where need a flat car with trucks with hot power pick ups

stangtrain posted:

I needed them guys to help fix a piece of Fastrack last night lol 

Jim : )

Ron

My crane was from way back in the early Forum days when I bought it from Train Loft. It was originally orange and white (Great Northern). After waiting a couple of years I had master painter Jeff Sohn paint and decorate it as a Southern 250 ton wreck derrick. Turned out great.

Just couple your red Idler Car on the other end of  the black Crane and call it a  Work Caboose...lot of work trains and "shanty" consists had them.  Covert the stack to a Cab stove pipe.

Are the man and wife owners still active at the Lil Choo Choo? 

No photos of mine yet, but since prototype photos were posted, I have a separate thread in Real Trains with a couple of videos demonstrating a 'big hook' for the 21st century:

https://ogrforum.com/...ntury-big-hook-video

It's like a swiss-army-knife of railroad cranes

---PCJ

Dewey Trogdon posted:

Ron

 

Are the man and wife owners still active at the Lil Choo Choo? 

 

Yes Dewey, the same couple still owns and operate the shop.

Railroad cranes are one of my favorite pieces of equipment.  Since I model the Penn Central, it is necessary to keep quite a few cranes on the property for different purposes.

Wreck train 1 on the ready track

Wreck train 2 heading to a clean up

A MOW crane out on a job

Track crew with a Burro crane replacing ties

250 ton Hook cleaning up a derailment

250 ton hook setting track panels. (Pay no attention to the five-fingered assistant)

Wreck train heading to a derailment

Tom

Here is a video of all of my MOW equipment. The derailment and crane segment starts around 3:14.