Northern Alberta Railway crane and idler - Printable Version

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RE: Northern Alberta Railway crane and idler - hillyard999 - 08-31-2026

wow that is looking good.

RE: Northern Alberta Railway crane and idler - cnrglen - 09-07-2026

Thank you.
Today I started to re-assemble the pair, starting with the crane:
   

Using a diagram that I drew when I dissasembled the crane as well as my own model, I threaded the boom and hooks. Probabbly the most difficult part of the project.

   

A real spider's web of thread. I threaded the two hooks first, starting with the hook ends. The boom cabling was run from the winch out to the 4 pulleys.

   

When I was satisfied with the threading, I attached the trucks, couplers and the cab.

RE: Northern Alberta Railway crane and idler - TMo - 09-08-2026

Sweet work! Those pulleys are very nice - none of the cranes I've seen have running gear that nice. Once again I predict another very satisfied customer!

RE: Northern Alberta Railway crane and idler - LiveSteamer - 09-09-2026

Amazing Work as always.

RE: Northern Alberta Railway crane and idler - cnrglen - 09-12-2026

Thanks guys,
I finished off the project yesterday:
   

I assembled the idler car adding the cabin and tool boxes to the flatcar. After I did that I realized that I hadn't finished the deck coloring. I fixed that after.

   

and here's the finished project on my photo diorama. I did a bit of detail painting on both cars and finisjed off the deck on the flatcar.

RE: Northern Alberta Railway crane and idler - tompm - 09-13-2026

Awesome job! Loooks great.