Container Loading Cranes
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Container Loading Cranes

I've been looking thru LOTS of container crane images recently,...specifically HO scale, and specifically railroad car loading ones. I have some specific requirements I am seeking for my two container handling areas, but I thought it might be interesting to see what other models (commercially available, kit-bashed, custom built) might be presented, and the reasons for those preferences.

Heljan model
I'll start out with one of my favorites, the Heljan model.
https://www.hattons.co.uk/11688/hel...o_gauge_dc_ac_dcc_operation_/stockdetail.aspx

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This is an expensive one, and it appears as though it is ONLY available as a fully operational model. I find it almost surprising that neither Heljan has offered a non-operating model, or perhaps some other manufacturer??

It does appear as though they have copied a real existing crane, but I find it to be so wide as to be limited to pretty large container handling scenes. It spans so many tracks. I like the idea that it services a track (or two ?) outside of its inner span.

I would like to have a crane that spans only 2 or 3 tracks, with the capability to service one track outside its inner span. My container facility will possible be just barely wide enough to support this size crane.
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Most intermodal cranes in the US are wide enough to transfer cans & pigs from/to rail cars or from/to trucks. Also they are on tires not rails. Do you have an image of a real one in use?
Andy Jackson
Santa Fe Springs CA
ATSF/LAJ Ry Fan & Modeler
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I eventually discovered that most of the container loading crains in the USA are traveling on tires rather than rails. Its the Euro and Asian ones that utilize rails a little more often.

So I have settled on utilizing the Walther's cranes,...

https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/37514?page=2

http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum...ost-464102

http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum...ost-464109
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