Western Railroad Discussion > Ohio Crane in Roseville

The old SP Ohio Crane has been in Roseville on Industrial Avenue helping in the removal of an old, but picturesque, bridge and replacement with new, modern concrete (uninteresting) bridge. Crew put in 25 hours yesterday.

The crane has been in California for the last three years.

Photo 1 is of the crane and cars

Photo 2 is closeup of cab (rear-view)

Photo 3 is the old SP Oregon Subdivision Logo

chris bekiaris

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Is this the one that sat at Binney Jct for years?

-Jacob Klatt
www.jkchubbes.com

Which old but picturesque bridge would that be?

For about the past two years, it has often been parked on the unused portion of the old Tehama Wye along with the 8003. With all of the bridge and culvert upgrades taking place, it has been on the road gradually working south from Gerber toward Roseville.

Wherever it was . . or is . . luv those photos ! Fresh and different . . : >) 'Dogh

TCnR Wrote:
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> Which old but picturesque bridge would that be?

All wood bridge. If you saw it you would see that it looked better than what is there now. Hey it weren't the Eiffel Tower, but it looked good. <g>

Reminds me when BNSF in ONE WEEKEND took down old steel truss bridge in Escalon and replaced it with concrete one. Yuck!


chris bekiaris

nice catch, and thx.for the closup of the logo.

cw

Interesting how they have the box over the horn - theft protection!

I'm with 'Dogh on this one.............nice to see something different out there. Thanks for posting.

TCnR Wrote:
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> Which old but picturesque bridge would that be?

The Pleasant Grove Creek bridge (http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.aspx?T=4&S=8&Z=10&X=12938&Y=85930&W=3&qs=%7croseville%7cca%7c)and its not in Roseville. The bridge is actually in Rocklin, CA (annexation/turf battle between Roseville and Rocklin resulted in Rocklin owning the land around the bridge. The crane and boom car can usually be found at Sunset-Whitney or the spur just to the north of the bridge.

How about some side views? Thank you. upkpfan

Without knowing the builder's number, this locomotive
crane looks like a model DE-400S. The Ohio DE series
is a diesel electric, i.e. self-propelled, crane. The
400S series has a nominal load capacity of 48 tons or
65 tons when used with outriggers. The actual load
capacity depends, in part, on the boom length of each
crane. American Ohio crane is now a part of ERS Industries
- once known as Eastern Railway Supply.

FiveChime Wrote:
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> Interesting how they have the box over the horn -
> theft protection!

More like freeze protection.

upkpfan Wrote:
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> How about some side views? Thank you. upkpfan
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You asked for some side shots. Crane location now correctly located in Rocklin (damn those border wars).

Photo 1 is side shot of crane

Photo 2 shows hooks. The big guy has a 48 ton capacity

Photo 3 is the equipment car or equipment shed on car.

chris bekiaris

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