• Road Name: Nickel Plate Road
• Road Number: X80000
• System: 2-Rail
• Product Line:Atlas O Premier
• Scale: O Scale

Features:

• Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Body
• Metal Wheels and Axles
• Operating Interior Lighting
• Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
• Colorful, Attractive Paint Schemes
• Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
• Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
• Needle-Point Axles
• 1:48 Scale Dimensions
• Separate Metal Handrails
• O Scale Kadee Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads
• Unit Measures:14 1/2 x 2 5/8 x 3 15/16

Overview:

The crane tender had two jobs: to protect the cranes boom and enable it to be coupled with other cars on the way to a wreck site, and to carry the tools, chains, slings and other gear needed to clear a wreck. Unlike the crane itself, which was a precision piece of gear made by a specialized company, the crane tender was usually a home-built affair, cobbled together from whatever a railroads shop crew had lying around. Our model represents a typical such car, built from what appears to be an older flatcar and an obsolete bobber caboose, functioning as an equipment shed.

The rest of a typical wreck train usually had the same hand-me-down look. Passenger and freight cars no longer fit for revenue service were recycled into crew, equipment, and tool cars for wreck and maintenance of way service.