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» Ann Arbor Railroad (more..)
» Steam Crane (more..) |
» MP 59.4 (just west of Hamburg Road)
» Hamburg, Michigan, USA (more..)
» April 04, 1972 |
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» AA 3187 (more..)
» Wreck Extra (more..) |
» Jim Sinclair (more..)
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| Ann Arbor Railroad steam-powered wrecking crane 3187 saw more than its fair share of derailments during the late sixties and early seventies. Built by the Bucyrus Company in March 1912, it possessed a lifting capacity of 100 tons and had two 10x12 inches cylinders which powered its hoisting machinery. The Ann Arbor paid $13,675 for the crane and it served the railroad admirably for almost 70 years. Here we see the 3187 hard at work on a beautiful April afternoon cleaning up the aftermath of the April 1st derailment of TF-1, which I'm sure was no April's Fools joke to the Ann Arbor management. A very dirty Ann Arbor GP35 (391) has been temporarily reassigned from road service to wreck train service since the crane was not self-propelled. |
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