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Jason Midyette

September 24, 2004 08:35PM

John,
Craning a locomotive is not always a bad thing. True, if it can be avoided it should, but if you have no other choice it can be done without hurting it. I was recently involved with moving an operable standard gauge 2-8-0 (Great Western 51) from California to Colorado and we had no choice but to crane it at both ends. Anyway we did it in roughly the same manner as you are proposing and #51 lived through it with no ill effects. #315 is light enough (relativley speaking) that it should do just fine. The key is to have someone who is familiar with steam locomotives on hand to guide the crane riggers as to what they can and can not do to the locomotive.
A loading ramp is always preferable, but when you have no choice a crane is capable of doing the job just fine without hurting the locomotive. (As a result of its use in movies over the years, Great Western 51 has been craned many times, always without ill effects, just go slow and be careful and keep an eye on everything)
Jason Midyette

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D&RGW 169 under cover LINK	Dave S.	September 21, 2004 09:26AM
Give me the Rolaids!	Dan Markoff	September 21, 2004 10:18AM
Second that Dan	RBrinton	September 21, 2004 11:26AM
Re: Second that Dan	jorge gigante	September 21, 2004 07:06PM
Re: Second that Dan	Gavin Hamilton	September 22, 2004 02:22AM
Re: Second that Dan	Ted Miles	September 22, 2004 10:20AM
Re: Second that Dan	Brian Norden	September 22, 2004 11:24PM
Re: Give me the Rolaids!	C W Craven	September 23, 2004 04:00PM
Uh,oh....	El Coke	September 24, 2004 06:14PM
Craning locomotives	Douglas vV	September 24, 2004 06:33PM
Re: Craning locomotives	Marty Knox	September 24, 2004 07:41PM
Re: Craning locomotives	El Coke	September 24, 2004 07:54PM
223	Douglas vV	September 25, 2004 05:30AM
Re: 223	Kelly Anderson	September 26, 2004 06:12AM
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Re: Durango Chainsaw Massacre	Matt Hutson	September 28, 2004 07:34AM
Re: Durango Chainsaw Massacre	South Park	September 28, 2004 03:27PM
Oh,shut up	Rhatt Butler	September 28, 2004 06:18PM
Re: Oh,shut up	John Cole	September 28, 2004 07:55PM
Re: Moving the Beast	Ted Miles	September 29, 2004 10:36AM
Re: Moving the Beast	Rick Steele	October 01, 2004 07:35AM
Picture of the remains LINK	Rich Muth	October 01, 2004 02:18PM
Re: Picture of the remains	Paul Gibbs	October 01, 2004 03:20PM
Re: Picture of the remains LINK	Jason Midyette	October 01, 2004 07:29PM
Re: Oh,shut up	South Park	September 30, 2004 10:37AM
Re: Uh,oh....	Jason Midyette	September 24, 2004 08:35PM
Re: Uh,oh.... LINK	Linn W. Moedinger	September 25, 2004 04:52AM
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Re: Thin smokebox? Journals polished?	Kelly Anderson	September 26, 2004 06:18AM
Re: Lifting Locomotive with Crane	Ed Stabler	September 26, 2004 08:08AM
Re: D&RGW 169 under cover	Hobosteve	September 22, 2004 04:13AM
Re: Moving 25+ Narrow Gauge Engines in Europe LINK	Thor Windbergs	September 25, 2004 05:42PM
Re: Moving 25+ Narrow Gauge Engines in Europe	South Park	September 26, 2004 08:41AM
Re: Moving 25+ Narrow Gauge Engines in Europe	Hobosteve	September 27, 2004 06:10AM
Re: D&RGW 169 under cover	dan	September 23, 2004 07:57AM

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