Whiting hoist?

bobyar2001 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2004 11:16 am

Is this device in Alpena, Michigan, a steam-era Whiting hoist, designed to lift engines off their drivers?
Was it once part of a shop complex here?

http://www.michiganrailroads.com/MichRR ... oto41B.htm

Dennis Storzek · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2004 1:55 pm

It looks like four portable jacks on a concrete jacking pad. Old, but NOT steam era.

smokebox · **Posted:** Sun Nov 07, 2004 2:09 pm

Portland, OR SP Brooklyn Yards used to have such a set up for jacking locomotives. It was removed years ago.

Smokebox