Walking Away with a Locomotive

Rick Rowlands · Oct 12, 2016

A couple of weeks ago I was hired for a day to help get a GE 80 tonner ready to load on a semi trailer for shipment to Connecticut. The purchaser of the locomotive hired Hulchers Professional Services to pick the loco up, carry it out onto pavement and set it down on the trailer. Conventional cranes could not be used due to overhead power lines.

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Loading out the Meadville 8 Tonner - YouTube

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Tannewitz · Oct 12, 2016

Thanks for that...I have watched RJ Corman work before. Incredible!

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bryan_machine · Oct 14, 2016

Those cranes look like they might be useful for pipeline work as well as railroad work - is there overlap? A somewhat standard machine, or custom built for the railroad/pipeline whatever contract?

tdmidget · Oct 14, 2016

Can't fool that bryan!!! They are standard side boom pipe layers. They came into their own in rail work because Hulcher was slow on pipeline work and offered to clean up a wreck. Worked so well that it is SOP these days and most roads have few , if any, of the old time wrecking cranes.

Ziggy2 · Oct 14, 2016

bryan_machine said:
Those cranes look like they might be useful for pipeline work as well as railroad work - is there overlap? A somewhat standard machine, or custom built for the railroad/pipeline whatever contract?

Yes, they are called side booms. Basically a standard crawler dozer without the blade. A large counter weight, winch system and side boom are added so it is not much of a custom system. Very standard but also not very common since their use is limited.

They have a very limited reach and the boom height is fixed but are capable of lifting an incredible amount of weight without traditional stabilizing pads that traditional RT or truck cranes require. For pipe laying and this type of lift and terrain, they are very well suited.

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