Western Railroad Discussion > U.P. bridge crane tying up for the night

Here is a short video of a Union Pacific Railroad bridge crane moving onto a maintenance of way siding at Osawatomie, KS, late Thursday afternoon (Feb. 27, 2020) before being tied down for the night.  This crane and a second one are being used on the replacement of a bridge just southwest of Osawatomie on the Coffeyville Sub

Preceding the video are two still photos of the two cranes mentioned. The second one was found parked in the Osawatomie switch yard. 

.(Video and stills  by Larry Byers) 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/27/20 20:06 by JoCoLB.

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I'm sure that will do for a Big Hook!

James R.(Jim) Baker
Whittier, CA

Thanks for the photos. UP 903110 was one of the first AOL Crane (now IPS) rebuilds, completed in 1990. Research has not yet found which previous UP Ohio crane it was rebuilt from.

UP 903201 is a new number, and is a very recent IPS rebuild. It could have been rebuilt from several former UP, SP, MP, or CNW Ohio cranes. Did you happen to notice a date on the crane? Maybe zoom in on the original photo?

As information, the recent UP 903200 was rebuilt by IPS from the former SPMW 8002. Here is a photo of UP 903200, from TO back in June 2019.

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,4806928,4807379#msg-4807379

Here is a previous TO discussion of IPS cranes, from September 2018. This discussion includes a history of IPS.

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,4627231,4627460#msg-4627460

I have been compiling whatever I can find about UP's fleet of locomotive cranes and wreck derricks on this web page.

https://utahrails.net/up/900000-derricks.php

Don Strack

I took this picture of UP crane  #903201 on Jan.28, 2020. I didn't see any other lettering. 

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