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Current Number | 1 |
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Railway Represented | Grand Central Terminal |
Builder | Industrial Brownhoist |
Built In | 1914 |
Builder's order id | 2281 |
Currently in (State) | Connecticut |
--(Locality) | Danbury |
Totally out of svc date | 1998 |
(Initial retirement date) | |
Car Type | crane |
-subtype | double-ended wrecker |
-designation | |
Status | displayed inoperable |
More info | http://www.danbury.org/DRM/gct1.htm |
Gauge | 4'8.5" |
Construction | steel |
Roof type | AR |
Ended | DE |
Length | 90'0" |
Width | 9'6" |
Height | |
Weight | 380000 |
#Seats | n/a |
#Wheels/Conf. | 16 |
Total HP | 800 |
Trucks | |
Brakes | |
Compressor | D3 (2) |
Control | |
Motors | |
Voltage (if not 600DC) |
Crane 1 on display at DRM in 2022 photo: https://www.facebook.com/WesternRailwayMuseum/photos/pb.100063532482321.-2207520000/5203950479714070/?type=3 |
Crane 1 on display at DRM in 2022 Flickr photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/91993389@N08/52321127223/ |
Owner | Car Num | From | To | Preservation? | Loan? |
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Grand Central Terminal (New York, New York) | 1 | 1914 | 1968 | NO | NO |
Penn Central (New York, New York) | 50021 | 1968 | 1976 | NO | NO |
Conrail | 50021 | 1976 | 1983 | NO | NO |
Metro-North Commuter Railroad (New York, New York) | 001 | 1983 | 1998 | NO | NO |
Danbury Railway Museum (Connecticut, Danbury) | 1 | 1998 | present | YES | NO |
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Crane 1 during switching at DRM circa 2021 YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yF5pHr8hGg8 |