I've seen these cranes still offered by sellers like Trainworld. So, they are still offered, and they still show up on the Bachmann website. The crane is definitely a steam crane, and the tall stack would be removed if converted to diesel. As far as being a correct model and paint scheme for the Reading, I do believe the Reading cranes were painted black, but I'm not 100% sure if they were steam or converted diesel. Of course, even if the paint scheme is incorrect, the paint scheme on the model is attractive. Also, about the crane moving in a train, the crane is normally put right behind the engine with the boom trailing. This allows movement speeds up to 35 MPH, but only 10 MPH in any other setup not mentioned. This is something mentioned in rulebooks, and I've seen this actual rule in an old CSX rulebook. Another thing related to the Bachmann cars is the mention of Celcron plastic. It is a brand name of the slippery engineering plastic of which a majority of the HO scale trucks are made of. I'm not sure how this is a bonus since most people wouldn't know what slippery engineering plastic is nor a brand name from this type of plastic. I guess its Bachmann's way of adding fancy marketing terms to make their models more appealing.
Awesome 👍🏾
Nice! I have two Lionel versions of these!
I've seen these cranes still offered by sellers like Trainworld. So, they are still offered, and they still show up on the Bachmann website. The crane is definitely a steam crane, and the tall stack would be removed if converted to diesel. As far as being a correct model and paint scheme for the Reading, I do believe the Reading cranes were painted black, but I'm not 100% sure if they were steam or converted diesel. Of course, even if the paint scheme is incorrect, the paint scheme on the model is attractive. Also, about the crane moving in a train, the crane is normally put right behind the engine with the boom trailing. This allows movement speeds up to 35 MPH, but only 10 MPH in any other setup not mentioned. This is something mentioned in rulebooks, and I've seen this actual rule in an old CSX rulebook.
Another thing related to the Bachmann cars is the mention of Celcron plastic. It is a brand name of the slippery engineering plastic of which a majority of the HO scale trucks are made of. I'm not sure how this is a bonus since most people wouldn't know what slippery engineering plastic is nor a brand name from this type of plastic. I guess its Bachmann's way of adding fancy marketing terms to make their models more appealing.
Wow, thats a lot of great information. Thanks for posting that!
Cool
MofW pieces make it just a little cooler😎🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲
I need to get some more MOW stuff.
Not Too Shabby.
Isn't that beam suposed to rest on the tender? ;)
Probably, but was not sure if it would cause me issues on my 18" radius curves.
@@VintageRoadRail Ahaa,
More testing needed. 🙂