I found this bit about a wrecker being scrapped at Eugen, OR in late 2016.

https://imgrum.me/media/BMSmBD_j4gQ

Anybody know what crane it was? I think I know but it is only a guess.

Hi
I found this on preserved wreck cranes in North America, I am not sure if this is the one you are looking for?

Thanks for the input but that is not the wrecker in question. To start with the scrapped wrecker was an Industrial Works crane while the one preserved at Brooks is a Bucyrus-Erie. The one scrapped was converted to diesel and the one at Brooks is steam.

I found a couple of sites that had identical info on a Willamette & Pacific crane -

c/n 3010 150T 1914
GN 96204>96015>X1736>BN D159 (5/1973)>North West Rail Museum, Portland, OR (2/9/1988>Willamette & Pacific #X1776 (on loan, stored Albany, OR, 3/2001).

Jim Tatum

Jim,

That is the crane I assume it to be but since the poster didn't give the number or even which road it belonged to I can't be sure. That's research for you.

Well I got the whole sad story. Somebody at the Portland & Western RR decided to get rid of that hunk of junk without ever checking to see if they owned it. Now the NRHS chapter is out a wrecker.

Industrial Works C/N 3010 150 tons Wrecker Steam (to Diesel) 1914
Great Northern Ry #96204 to #96015 to #X1736
Burlington Northern # D-159 05-73
Pacific NW Chapter NRHS Portland, OR 02-09-88
Willamette & Pacific RR #X1736 (on loan)
Portland & Western RR #X1736 “Dino” (on loan) 2000
(stored at Albany 03-01, Eugene, OR 04-13)
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/wprr1736.jpg
Scrapped 10-16 https://imgrum.me/media/BMSmBD_j4gQ
(The P&W scrapped the crane without notifying the owner.)

The "sadness" of this story parallels when contractors took out the guard shack in Bay City, Michigan.

http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/inde ... story.html

John

Probably not the Northwest Railroad Museum mentioned in an earlier post, which is in Snoqualmie WA, but rather the Pacific NW Chapter NRHS listed here. http://www.pnwc-nrhs.org/calendar.php

It looks like this group is still active, but doesn't list a collection it owns. I live in Portland and am not aware of this group, but that doesn't mean anything.

PNWC-NRHS collection here http://www.pnwc-nrhs.org/stock.html

Jim Tatum

They list their history here, which includes other equipment besides the cars listed under rolling stock (thanks for finding that) being donated and then disposed of, but neither the crane in question nor any other cranes are listed as ever being part of their collection: http://www.pnwc-nrhs.org/chapter_history.html

The wrecker in Eugene makes a total of 14 preserved cranes scrapped since 2010.

" . . . a total of 14 preserved cranes scrapped since 2010".

I guess they weren't very preserved then, were they?

Of the 14 scrapped cranes four belonged to individuals and three were at tourist railroads. The other eight were owned by museums.

McCloud-Great Western Railroad Museum (Fred Kepner)
Burro Model 30 C/N 30-106 7½ tons Diesel
A. D. Schader Co.
McCloud River RR #1851 1954
GWRM 1986
http://www.trainweb.org/mccloudrails/Eq ... R1851.html
Scrapped Fall 2010
Brownhoist C/N 5316 15 tons steam 1916 (converted to diesel)
McCloud River Lumber Co. #15
McCloud River RR #72
GWRM 1986
http://www.trainweb.org/mccloudrails/Eq ... /MR72.html
Scrapped Fall 2010
Denver-(stored Union Pacific Railroad Burnham Yard)
Industrial Brownhoist C/N 12128 250 tons Wrecker Diesel 1953
St. Louis Southwestern #96006
Union Pacific RR #96006
retired 1998
Unknown dealer
http://wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.co ... types.html
Union Pacific RR took ownership for back storage fees
Sold 03-16
Scrapped 11-16
Rockford-Warren Lathom (derelict)
Bucyrus C/N 255a 150 tons 04-25-19
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific #X900072 to X-16
Converted to diesel
Warren Lathom Rockford, IL (here 2008)
Scrapped by 03-16-11
http://www.pbase.com/trailryder/image/76679923
Baldwin City-Midland Ry
Browning C/N 2470 Model 8-C 20 tons Steam 03-11-27
Kansas City, KS Department of Water, Light & Power
Darby Railcar Mfg. #2 Kansas City, KS
Midland Ry 07-88
Scrapped 2012
Cumberland-Western Maryland Scenic RR
Orton 25 tons Diesel
US Army #1708
WMS 1990s
http://cjb77.rrpicturearchives.net/show ... id=2125758
Scrapped in December 2011.
Industrial Brownhoist 40 tons Diesel 1955 (most likely C/N 12291)
Baltimore & Ohio #X282
CSX #282
ABEX #282
WMS 1990s
http://cjb77.rrpicturearchives.net/show ... id=2124950
Scrapped in December 2011.
Nevada City-Montana Heritage Commission
Brownhoist C/N 648 15 tons steam
Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
Charles Bovey Nevada City, MT
Montana Historical Society 1998
Montana Heritage Commission Nevada City, MT
Steve Turk 04-08-11 $9100
Scrapped by 04-26-11
Eugene-Willamette & Pacific RR
Industrial Works C/N 3010 150 tons Wrecker Steam (to Diesel) 1914
Great Northern Ry #96204 to #96015 to #X1736
Burlington Northern # D-159 05-73
Pacific NW Chapter NRHS Portland, OR 02-09-88
Willamette & Pacific RR #X1736 (on loan)
Portland & Western RR #X1736 “Dino” (on loan) 2000
(stored at Albany 03-01, Eugene, OR 04-13)
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/wprr1736.jpg
Scrapped 10-16 https://imgrum.me/media/BMSmBD_j4gQ
(The P&W scrapped the crane without notifying the owner.)
Winnipeg-Vintage Locomotive Society (Prairie Dog Central)
American C/N J3213 25 tons Diesel 11-53
Great Northern RR #X-1852
Burlington Northern RR St. Paul, MN 1970
Industrial Metals (aka Chisick Metals) #825-2 Winnipeg, MAN
(used at Griffin Steel Transcona, MAN)
VLS 12-11
Scrapped 07-15
American 30 tons Diesel
Canadian National
Industrial Metals (aka Chisick Metals) #830-2 Winnipeg, MAN
(used at Griffin Steel Transcona, MAN)
VLS 12-11
Scrapped 07-15
Tampico-display
Brownhoist 15 tons steam
Port of Tampico #13
Partially scrapped 06-14.
(This crane was displayed by the longshoremen’s union until it and several other assets were sold off by the union president and the money stolen.)
North Freedom-Mid-Continent Ry Historical Society
Industrial Works C/N 2927 120 tons Wrecker Steam 1914
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern #Z-8
Missouri Pacific RR #X-105 1928
M-CRHS 1967
http://www.midcontinent.org/collectn/se ... px105.html
sold for scrap 05-02-15 $4500
Orton & Steinbrenner C/N 44770 18 tons Steam
City of Minneapolis, MN
Soo Lines #X-81 1929 (retired at North Fond du Lac, WI 01-01-84)
M-CRHS 05-84
http://www.midcontinent.org/collectn/se ... oox81.html
sold for scrap 05-02-15
American C/N 2567 25 tons Diesel Electric 05-50
Keystone Steel & Wire Co. Peoria, IL
Wisconsin Central RR #9402
MCRH 2002
Wisconsin Southern RR (leased) Bridgeport, WI
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/wc9402.jpg
sold for scrap 05-02-15 $2500

There was a Burro crane scrapped at Danbury Railroad Museum. They had two donated and one got scrapped, which unfortunately included a few parts of the other they still have and want to restore. Exact scrap date unknown but within the past decade.

I have this:

Danbury-Danbury Ry Museum
Burro Model 30 C/N 237 7½ tons Gas (converted to diesel) 1947
New York Central Brewster, NY
Penn Central RR 02-01-68
Conrail #CB3004 04-01-76
Metro-North # CB3004 1983
DRM 10-95
http://www.danbury.org/drm/drmxcb3004.htm
Burro
New York Central
Penn Central RR 02-01-68
Conrail #CB3001 04-01-76
Metro-North #CB3001 1983
DRM 10-95

Which one did they scrap?