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Bachmann Reading Crane 6 years 6 months ago #6041

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I would say maybe look into Tichy Train?? I think they might sell a tender flat for their crane, but I think with some minor kitbashing it might look right.

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Bachmann Reading Crane 6 years 6 months ago #6042

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In the photo Nick posted earlier, the boom tender class FMdx is a super easy kit-bash. All you need is a Walthers 46' USRA gondola, cut the sides down leaving about an 1/8" above the decking, add a strip of styrene to cap the newly shortened sides, done! That car was an old "Golden Gate Flat", that then found it's way into TOFC service. The RCT&HS has one in their collection, and there is a write up in one of the Bee Line magazines years back.

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Bachmann Reading Crane 6 years 6 months ago #6043

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Thanks Bill!
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Bachmann Reading Crane 6 years 5 months ago #6044

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OK major rewrite. I found the photo so whatever was posted by me before is different.
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This is just a 50 foot Athearn flat with stuff added.

If memory serves me correct, the car this was modeled after is also in the RCT&HS collection. This (HO) car has been floating around since the 80's, before the potentially more accurate Walthers and or Tichy cars came out. Good enough for me.
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Bachmann Reading Crane 6 years 5 months ago #6045

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Great pic! Thanks Rob. This puts things into perspective.

So the crane itself; smokestack need to be cut down/removed? Any other mods? How many of these cranes did Reading have? 2?

Thanks!!
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Bachmann Reading Crane 6 years 5 months ago #6046

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Reading had 3 150Ton cranes.

90901 & 90902 were diesel stationed in Rutherford and Erie Ave., Philly. Off the top of my head I would not wish to say which was which.

90906 was steam powered and worked out of Reading.

The typical Relief train had a baggage- Tool car, combine- Rider car, flat car based block car, and a flat car based idler car and of course the Crane. The 90906 had a water bottle with it for obvious reasons. That started out as a converted tender but then migrated to a tank car, which looked like a tank siting on a flat car (I believe that car is now down at Strasburg RR)

Obviously the Steam crane had a stack, it was not obvious to the eye from the ground and may have involved some sort of manifold which can be seen on rear photos of the 90906.

The 2 diesels had mufflers on each side near the top rear. One of these cranes, the 90901 is in Hamburg at the RCT&HS museum.

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