Reposessing Penn Central engines

WOW, I must have missed that episode of "Lizard Lick Towing".

 

Gilly

I honestly don't think I've seen that photo before!  I've read stories of locomotives just falling over from their own weight because the track was so bad in the PC years, but this is really embarrassing!

Any idea what make truck that is?

Cool!  Another engine to add to my wish list!

Ben: LOL

Photoshop fun guys!

For the record Ben, it wasn't being repo'd, it was in a no parking zone

 

Stack

When this gets offered in O, it will come with a Freight/Passenger/Tow Truck Announcements feature!

If this guy had been running conventional, this wouldn't have happened.  

 

- Mike

Another FM out of service!!

 

...keep the rails polished...

that's gonna leave some marks in the highway!!!!

 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 

Made me think of when I worked at Feller Scenery on Canal Place in the Bronx and commuted by bicycle.  Final daze of the PC.  Crossing the tracks on E.144th St., three E-units, two A elephant style and one B, pulling two, count 'em, two passenger coaches and belching more black smoke than a hundred Alcos.  Thought I was gonna get to see 'em catch on fire!

 

Pete

Incredible!

 

Peter

Hey Ben, stop picking on one of my favorite road names.  I love the PC.

I had to zoom in, but there are blocks the rear of the truck is resting on.

Ben

Was that from your collection?

What a great modeling idea!

 

 

          Mater got a big one!

 

Tom

PRICELESS BEN!!! That one is a wall hanger! LOL

 

That is a keeper too!

"If you enjoy derailments, tow trucks and broken down diesels, then modeling the Penn Central is for you"

Must have been a dummy unit !!!

Gentlemen,

   And that is exactly what would happen with a real truck also,  I started laughing when I 1st saw the shopped picture, no single truck is picking up a decent sized Diesel

Train engine, even an Army Tank Wrecker is not up for that game all by itself.

Great photo shop however.

PCRR/Dave

 

 

I have some heavylift crane experience., That truck most likely could, and is probably actually lifting that engine.

The truck appears to be a modified military surplus truck. I believe the massive front bumper is actually built of heavy steel and acts as a counterweight for lifting heavy loads. Note also the lift boom angle. It is lifting the engine almost straight up, so it has an almost perfect angle for lifting super heavy weights. Also note the way the truck is squatting on the rear axles, indicating they are carrying a heavy load.

 Hulcher Services, the train wreck cleanup company, has crane trucks that can pick up from 50, to 130 tons. The same boom design principal is used and loads are  lifted with booms nearly vertical for maximum lift capacity.

Jeff

Careful there. By your statement, I assume you have extensive experience with heavy lifting equipment capable of picking up just one end of a 120 ton diesel unit? Have you ever seen the over-the-road Cline Trucks, that many, many, many railroads have? Their lifting capacity is generally in excess of 200 tons, and can easily pick up one end of even the largest, most modern diesel units.

As the self-appointed Information Minister of the Isle of Denial, I can assure you those photos are all fakes. There was no Penn Central. It was a hoax perpetrated by a secret group that held animosity to the Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads.

 

Now that I'm back on my meds, I suspect that the locomotive being "repossessed" was actually being re-railed. Note the timbers supporting the rear of the truck to prevent a "Mater" situation. That does look like something interesting to model.

Not surprised to see an engine taken like that.

 

Can you imagine the vig that the PC had to pay to the loan sharks to get some financing during that ill-conceived endeavor?

 

I heard it was sold for pennies on the dollar late one night out in the NJ meadows.

 

That would make an awesome EZ Street accessory!