Trainmaster Con Trumbull poses with a lantern next to an ore car and the Nevada Northern Steam Crane on a cold February night.

Lennox Purinton communicates orders to the operator of the Nevada Northern's Steam Crane.

Nevada Northern Railway Steam Wrecking Crane A © 2023 Steve Crise Outtake from the February 3rd night photo shoot.

Steam crane in action at the Yebaishou shed.

A steam powered crane is loading the tender of a JS locomotive with coal at the Sujiatun shed.

Don Helper waits for his next move

Old steam crane out of service for many years, with many passenger cars in scrapping, in the old yard and workshops of Temuco, the great deposit of coal is observed.

A steam crane loads pallets of flour from a box car into the hold of the Lake Titicacca steamer Ollanta. At the time of this photo a Hitachi 2-8-2 occasionally shunted the Puno docks. Unfortunate... (more)

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This year the Nevada Northern 2013 Winter Steam Spectacular Photo Shoot featured the 106 year old, 100 ton Steam Crane "A". The shoot took place on the evening of February 16th, 2013. Accompanyi... (more)

In China, the most favoured method of coaling locomotives was by steam crane. Usually playing photographic 'second fiddle' to the mighty QJs. Here crane No.5187 is given top billing over a QJ comi... (more)

Easy Does It. While we were out on the line with engine 93, the NN crew brought out Wrecking Crane A, fired her up, and gently derailed a car. With the crowd gathered around to wat... (more)

After many years use by British Railways,this 1944 built steam crane is now on display to members of the public at Gloucester Docks.

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 possess... (more)