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Bucyrus Crane 90638?
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Bucyrus Crane 90638? 11 years 3 hours ago #1270

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Does anyone have any pictures? This is the Tamaqua wreck train crane of the 1950s, and one of 2 that i do NOT have pictures of...Going through my pictures, I saw that 90641 is the 2nd 120Ton crane, so I have been preparing my crane model after that, assuming they were fairly identical. Before I continue this project, I'd hope to find a reference that would show me how close the two are together. Thanks!
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Bucyrus Crane 90638? 10 years 11 months ago #1290

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here's a bad photo of 90638. Sorry it's the best I could do.
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John, once again you pull a rabbit out of your hat. This is perfect. I don't need a HD picture, and this is actually the side that I needed! To confirm, both 90638 and 90641 are identical, as far as I can see. Of course there are most likely small differences, but the whole body and turret are identical. Which means I can use my better picture of 90641 to more detail work. Thanks so much John!

I have attached 90641 for others to view as well. Kudos!
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Upon further inspection I realized that 90641 appears to have a sheath over the gears inside, so since I am modeling 90638, I am able to leave it as is, since the Tichy kit is representative of the inside detail. I love when something actually manages to go my way!!!
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Bucyrus Crane 90638? 10 years 11 months ago #1293

One of the fellows on the Frisco group has posted a "Follow the Build Style" thread on www.frisco.org about building the Tichy crane. He does good work, so it might be worth a look. I was able to access much of the material as a guest, so you should be able as well.

The thread topic is "S.A.&A.P. Wrecking Crane X2..., The Big Hook" under Modeling the Frisco > HO > Maintenance of Way.

George Nelson
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Just dug this up

90638 built by Industrial Brownhoist in 1910. lifting capacity 120 tons.
John Caples
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