short train carrying some parts for a large overhead crane. The locomotive, an Athearn SW1200, modified into an NW-2, is lettered for the Grand River Southern, a terminal company held jointly by the EG&E and the GVC. It's equipped with a can motor and has been re-geared. Pick-up shoes on both trucks make it almost unstallable.
The first car, an empty gondola, is a modified Concor, followed by a GSC flatcar by Walthers. The load represents one end assembly of the bridge of a large overhead crane.
This gondola, from Proto2000, is carrying one of the crane's two main bridge members. They will be assembled, on-site, with the loads from the first and last cars in the train to form the bridge assembly.
This is another GSC flatcar: the load represents the main side members of the trolley which will run on top of the bridge.
Here's the other bridge member, in another Proto2000 gondola.
The next shot shows the other bridge end on another flat, followed by another Concor gondola.
And finally, the caboose.
All of the freight cars have been modified with wire grabirons and A-Line steps. The crane parts are built-up from sheet and strip styrene. The "wood" blocking is also styrene strip. All of the loads are removeable. The train originated at Dominion Bridge, a factory not modelled, but rather represented, along with several other industries, by two long industrial "staging sidings" located under the Grand Valley's main south end staging yard.
Wayne
The first car, an empty gondola, is a modified Concor, followed by a GSC flatcar by Walthers. The load represents one end assembly of the bridge of a large overhead crane.
This gondola, from Proto2000, is carrying one of the crane's two main bridge members. They will be assembled, on-site, with the loads from the first and last cars in the train to form the bridge assembly.
This is another GSC flatcar: the load represents the main side members of the trolley which will run on top of the bridge.
Here's the other bridge member, in another Proto2000 gondola.
The next shot shows the other bridge end on another flat, followed by another Concor gondola.
And finally, the caboose.
All of the freight cars have been modified with wire grabirons and A-Line steps. The crane parts are built-up from sheet and strip styrene. The "wood" blocking is also styrene strip. All of the loads are removeable. The train originated at Dominion Bridge, a factory not modelled, but rather represented, along with several other industries, by two long industrial "staging sidings" located under the Grand Valley's main south end staging yard.
Wayne
