Maintenance of Way: American 10-Ton Crane
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Purchased in the mid-1960s from the Eppinger & Russell Co., this American Model 410 four-wheel gasoline-powered crane by American Hoist & Derrick was rusting away in Flemington by the early 2010s, and was scrapped in 2017. Only 16 of these cranes were built. As of the mid-1970s it was still doing maintenance of way work; here it's seen with ballast car MW-12 and 65-ton switcher #7079:
Nelson Tower
John McCluskey
The Model
Not sure I can find anything commercial that's close enough. There's an ancient Stewart kit of a similar crane—it's even an American—but it's a 25-ton two-truck affair. Perhaps if covered in weeds...
