Crane Train: TVRM's ex. Southern Railway 150 Derrick
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- On August 30, 2021, the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum pulled out their rarely used ex. Southern Railway wrecking crane No. 903008 for a maintenance of way project. Polk Street Siding on the East Chattanooga Belt Railway was due to be lengthened, and to do this, the crane was called in to move the east switch by approximately 160 feet. This crane was built in 1917 by the Bucyrus Company. Originally steam powered, it was converted to diesel in 1971. In 1984, it received a new-to-it boom that came off of the original Norfolk Southern Railway crane that was at that time based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The 903008 was primarily based in Charlotte, NC. The crane was donated to the Tennessee Valley Railroad in the 1990's. It's boom is capable of lifting up to 150 tons on the main hoist, and 40 tons on the auxiliary hoist. Come along with Georgian Rail & River Productions as we watch this rarely used 104 year old piece of equipment hard at work in 2021!
Just discovered this! As a crane freak this is awesome! Thanks for posting.👍👍
That was awesome! Love seeing this old equipment.
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My sympathies to the flagman. What a brave soul he must be.
I always thought it was hilarious to see them run self propelled
Nice old iron still.running down those tracks
Was wondering about the Trainmaster. Just dont see them. Wonder if this is any hope for it to get running again
Nice Travis! Is the Alco for parts only?
So I’ve been told
That crane can move by itself!?!?!
Yes, it is self propelled.
How about ~10 minutes of the crane operating with ~20 minutes of HOW the crane is operated rather the ~20 minutes of hauling the crane across every grade crossing to & from the work site???? 👎👎
2 stroke Detroit diesels convert fuel into noise, damn can they scream.
That’s an understatement. This crane, and the RDC’s we used to have (that now call the Reading & Northern Railroad home) could make a whole mess of racket!
@@TravisDGordon That one is actually fairly quiet. I've worked with 4-53, 4-71, 6-71, 12V71, and 16V71 Detroit Diesels. Loud is the little 4-53 that had a rated top speed of 3005 RPM. I still think it was louder than the 12V71s which were running at 1800 RPM.
That old dirty Detroit was talking my language, nice
That was cool 😎,I like seeing those old cranes
It’s not a crane train. It is a train crane. 3:00
is the 3061 having her motor worked on? just curious considering it's missing lol
It had to be removed to make the locomotive light enough to be shipped by truck.
Let that Detroit sing
The boom always should trail. Never lead the crane cab. “IF” the boom was to come loose while traveling. And swing. I worked for SP in the 70s and heads rolled when a crane went through interchange the wrong way
D.p.u allllllllllllritety now
usually need two of them to lift carriages or locos. The VR used to have two steam cranes No. 18 and 19 until one fell over lifting a bogie during the 1980s, then they were decommissioned in a kneejerk.
These days they used road cranes.
Excellent! I have climbed over many long silent rr cranes but never seen one work. Thanks for the show!
That's a 150 ton Derrick I think I've worked with that one. Southern also had a 250 ton Derrick it was a monster.
Easy way to tell them apart, 150s ride on 4 wheel trucks while the 250s rode on 6 wheel trucks. Most of them being Buckeye trucks.
yes saskreber god
I don't think I've ever seen one of these that is self-propelled.
Love rail cranes and sw-1500 switchers awesome video sir.
Glad you enjoyed the video! We have a SW1200 locomotive that we use quite a bit, plus the crane that sees periodic use.
So, once the switch had been moved, how did the crane get past it and the gap it was taken from to rejoin the locos and flat car?
The lead locomotive and Flatcar were on a siding out of the way. The crane also never got behind the gap in the rails. So it was quite easy to put the whole train back together and make a run for the shop.
@@TravisDGordon Thank you! I should have realised by the way it was facing that the jib end was away from the access direction. Dumb me!
3:25 is that a Coach or Diner I’m not asking for if there any future plans for it just how and why did it get there if you know.
That was actually built as a sleeper, and then converted into a Safety Instruction Car. We’ve had that car for a long time, but it’s privately owned now. It’s owner wants to restore it, but he’s not exactly sure what he wants to do with it at the current time.
Great video Tgor!
Outstanding work. A rare move by classic and historic locos & crane, very nicely done!
I also love seeing the old stuff, but I can't stand the awful sound of a diesel air horn.