Gentlemen:<br> Our museum has just had a 150-ton STEAM powered<br>wrecking crane (derrick) donated to us. The crane<br>is located in North Central Illinois and the two<br>railroads involved with a move to our site in<br>North Judson, Indiana have advised that they will<br>NOT move the crane on its friction bearing trucks<br>but WILL move it providing it has roller bearing<br>trucks. A little about the crane; it was built<br>by Bucyrus in 1928, is 26' 10" long, rides on<br>4 wheel trucks and weighs just under 230,000# (the boom of course extends its length about another 26 feet.) The museum has decided that it can live with the price quoted for the move (a flat fee plus a fee for each idler car needed.) The problem is finding suitable roller bearing trucks to put under the crane. We are currently checking various possibilities but would appreciate any other ideas out there. We realize that there are other problems involved with this move (such as securing the boom in transit, etc.) but without finding a pair of suitable roller bearing trucks, all other problems become moot. Any ideas anyone has would be GREATLY appreciated!<br>Thanks.<br> Les Beckman<br> Hoosier VAlley RR Museum <br> <br>



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