WALTHERS
Unassembled Kit you Rig and install the detail items yourself
HO Scale
Non-Powered and Non-Rigged
AMERICAN CRANE
Out-Of-Production
DISCONTINUED By the Manufacturer
Lettered for the:
CHESAPEAKE & OHIO
By the 1950s, the days of steam-powered wrecking cranes were numbered. Railroads began replacing the big hook with smaller, more versatile diesel-powered cranes.
These self-propelled units eliminated the need for a separate loco and crew, making them more cost effective.
Since they could pull a few loaded cars at low speeds, they proved ideal for track and bridge repairs, where you'll often find them today.
Many private industries, such as steel mills, scrap yards and others that require a crane, found these units an ideal choice. They can function as a crane or a switcher, doing two jobs for less money.
Product Information
American Cranes began serving in the 1950s and are still in use today. These authentic models are perfect for work trains and scrap yards, and are packed with exciting features including:
These kits offer you the same versatility of the real thing! Choose from a powered model, complete with hidden motor and gear drive, capable of pulling a few cars. Or, for a static display, there's a dummy version. Both kits come in subassemblies, requiring only final assembly and rigging for the finishing touch.
WALTHERS AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE CRANE (SERIES 5070 AND 5050): TIPS, SUGGESTIONS AND REVISED INSTRUCTIONS Walthers American Locomotive Crane kit comes semi-assembled. After you connect the boom to the cab and thread the rigging, your model will be ready to display or run on your layout.
Rigging the crane takes time and patience.
The kit includes approximately 6' (180cm) of string. This is a medium weight upholstery thread, such as is available at your local fabric store. Before you start, cut the string to the following lengths:
18" (45cm) to rig the cranes hook to the spool inside the cab (the hoist string).
21" (52.5cm) to rig the top of the boom to the idler pulley assembly.
Approximately 33" (82.5cm) to rig the idler pulley assembly to the spool inside the cab. The exact length of this third string is less important, since much of it will wrap around the spools inside the cab.
* Hand Crank to Elevate Boom & Operate Hook Included
* Prototypically Balanced Cab can be Turned 180 Degrees Left or Right
* Proto MAX(TM) Metal Knuckle Couplers
AMERICAN CRANE Non-Powered DUMMY Unit
Standard Draft gear box
Detailed engineering plastic truck sideframes
Low-friction, nonmagnetic, needlepoint metal axles
No lubrication required
Machined-Metal Wheels
Magneticaly operated, body mounted couplers
Added Weight for optimum tracking
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multiple purchases. If you do a Buy It
Now the transaction requires immediate payment for each item separately.
What you need to do is put it in the shopping cart and then
when you go to checkout it will recalculate the shipping and combine the items
for you.
If you pay first I am unable to make any adjustment because
ebay has then taken its fees on the shipping as well. If you have a concern message me and I can
work something out for you.
THIS IS AN ASSEMBLED Item
The item is NEW in the original box from old stock
PERSONAL INVENTORY:
Many of these unique items are from my personal inventory
which was accumulated over the years.
They are hard to part with but due to downsizing in retirement they too
are looking for a good home which can appreciate and enjoy them.
STORE INVENTORY:
Having discontinued my Hobby Store and left frigid
“Minne-Snow-Da” I have relocated and retired to the warmer part of the country,
Down to Sunny TEXAS.
I will be Liquidating the remaining stock.
I will be listing items over the next year or so clearing
them out.
Please see the photos we take actual photos of each item
Most of these items are New in the box removed only to take
photos of them.