Union Pacific had a little oops in San Jose...
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A highrail truck with four axles handling a 420,000lb locomotive one end at a time!narrowgauge
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backyard
As it is lifting only one end and the non-engine end anyway, halve the weight, the crane has its jacks down and it is a 94 ton lift. Nothing special. main problem is keeping away from the front end of the loco, note the angle of the jib.
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Narrowgauge
As it is lifting only one end and the non-engine end anyway, halve the weight, the crane has its jacks down and it is a 94 ton lift. Nothing special. main problem is keeping away from the front end of the loco, note the angle of the jib.
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Narrowgauge
It was nothing major, mostly a traffic problem
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11219471?source=most_viewed
Edit: on the lift, they had a 5 yard(?) loader holding down the other end of the crain, note the first picture.
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11219471?source=most_viewed
Edit: on the lift, they had a 5 yard(?) loader holding down the other end of the crain, note the first picture.
slave-driver
Sacramento Nothern Lives
Actually the weight distribution on a locomotive is very even. From one end to the other they are usually within 1000 lbs. It sounds like a lot but when you consider it has 200,000 + lbs on one end it's not much. That loader acting as a counterweight isn't that big. That's only about a 2¼ yard bucket on a 35,000 lb machine. The bucket's the light end until you fill it up.
Bill
Bill
The loader was the first thing I noticed, no doubt using it to add a little counterweight
Lorin