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Author:  nedsn3 [ Wed May 13, 2020 8:37 pm ]
Post subject:  What might this be? Maybe a wrecking crane?

I was checking out a map of the Portland Northeast Industrial park (after reading an RMC article), and following the tracks around discovered this suspicious looking object buried on vegetation on an obviously abandoned lot. It looks vaguely as though it might be a railroad crane? Maybe not, but does anyone know for sure? Just askin' Ned

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Portl ... 22.6750261

Author:  John T [ Wed May 13, 2020 8:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: What might this be? Maybe a wrecking crane?

Industrial Works
4602 160t W 09-24 Los Angeles & Salt Lake #010004>910004
Retired 12-77
S. J. Nudelman & Son scrap dealer Portland, OR
Still here 2016 for sale

Author:  Les Beckman [ Wed May 13, 2020 8:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: What might this be? Maybe a wrecking crane?

Ned -

Nice catch!

John -

Looks like a stack at the back. So, never dieselized and still steam?


Les

Author:  PMC [ Wed May 13, 2020 10:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: What might this be? Maybe a wrecking crane?

I live six miles from there, it is not an abandoned lot, the owner of the scrap yard there will show it to you if you wish. It is surrounded by blackberry vines and so I didn't go back when I visited, they are manageable normally in spring but we have had a wet spring so it may difficult to visit now. The brasses were stolen so it can't move, but shortly after UP sold it a few decades back they asked to borrow it when they had a bad wreck, I believe the last time they ever used a steam crane. These photos (taken by holding the camera over my head because that is the only way I could get them, plus the resizing makes them hard to see) I believe are from Fall 2018, I asked a nearby awning company if I could shoot it from their work area.

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Author:  nedsn3 [ Thu May 14, 2020 10:11 pm ]
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Hey, a lucky find. I love those industrial parks where the tracks kind of wend and wind their way around.
Ned

Author:  John T [ Fri May 15, 2020 9:05 am ]
Post subject:  Re: What might this be? Maybe a wrecking crane?

If you like cranes see:

https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/cr ... sworld.htm

That will keep you busy for a while.

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