The crane tender had two jobs: to protect the crane’s 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 railroad’s shop crew had lying around. Atlas's 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.

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”

• Operates On O-31 Curves (3-Rail)

Order Due Date: September 4, 2024

Anticipated Delivery Date: June 2025

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