We will be firing up our steam crane for demonstrations on Sunday, May 26. The crane was purchased by the railroad in 1907. We restored it to operation in 2005. Having an operational steam crane is very helpful. We have used it in derailments and to take a roof off a building. We are firing it up for two reasons. The first, because it is just plan cool. The second, because we need to train our staff and volunteers on how to operate the crane. Restoring a piece of equipment to operation is just o

Our steam powered crane has 100-ton capacity. It was built by the Industrial Works of Bay City, Michigan in 1907 for the Nevada Northern Railway. We are going to use it to lift a Balwin VO diesel locomotive prime mover that weighs 35,000 pounds. THere are other videos on our page showing the lift. The crane is now in position, the spreader bar is on the big hook with the lift chains dangling down. As Josh says they could do it as a maypole. Every time we use the crane it's part of our training a

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