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Steam & Excursion > Rare Frisco 0-4-0 at Birmingham, AL roundhouseDate: 05/17/20 14:23 Rare Frisco 0-4-0 at Birmingham, AL roundhouse Author: Frisco1522 Now that I have your attention, I've never seen this before. Air powered mover. Frisco company shot.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/18/20 13:02 by Frisco1522.  Date: 05/17/20 14:58 Re: Rare Frisco 0-4-0 at Springfield roundhouse Author: LarryDoyle That's great - I love it. Wonder how I could model that... Hmmmmm.
Here's the Milwukee's version, which ran on a 3000v "extension cord", rather than an air line. Anybody else got any such critter on extension cords pix? -LD  Date: 05/17/20 15:32 Re: Rare Frisco 0-4-0 at Springfield roundhouse Author: tomstp I dunno what that air machine weighed but it has got hold of a heavy engine. Amazing it could pull that.
Date: 05/17/20 16:36 Re: Rare Frisco 0-4-0 at Springfield roundhouse Author: TonyJ tomstp Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I dunno what that air machine weighed but it has > got hold of a heavy engine. Amazing it could > pull that. Maybe they were just trying to open the knuckle coupler!!! Date: 05/17/20 20:03 Re: Rare Frisco 0-4-0 at Springfield roundhouse Author: engrbob When I worked at Collinwood during high school, we had a 2 axle thing with locomotive batteries. It was controlled by a three button switch on a cable.Like an overhead crane.
We moved locomotives around the shop with it and plugged it in when we went home. wish I had taken a pic. Date: 05/17/20 20:37 Re: Rare Frisco 0-4-0 at Springfield roundhouse Author: lynnpowell I looks like something they bought second hand from a "skin-and-bones" lumber company!
Date: 05/18/20 05:39 Re: Rare Frisco 0-4-0 at Springfield roundhouse Author: perklocal Wonder how many times that air hose got severed by another hostler?
Date: 05/18/20 07:15 Re: Rare Frisco 0-4-0 at Springfield roundhouse Author: PHall Looks like they used the winch out of a small crane and with some engineering connected it to at least one of the axles.
Can't tell if those "tanks" hold air or ballast. Date: 05/18/20 10:15 Re: Rare Frisco 0-4-0 at Springfield roundhouse Author: masterphots Conral at Enola, PA has/had a plug-in critter made from a B-B Blomberg truck.
Date: 05/25/20 04:12 Re: Rare Frisco 0-4-0 at Springfield roundhouse Author: RNP47 Images can be found on line with search words Enola yard, critter and Blomberg truck
masterphots Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Conral at Enola, PA has/had a plug-in critter > made from a B-B Blomberg truck. |