Erie Railroad / Erie-Lackawana / 250-Ton diesel wrecking crane and Pennsylvania Railroad idler car. Built by Industrial Brownhoist Corp. in Bay City, Michigan in 1955 the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania's "big hook" last served with Conrail at Conway Yard near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Self-propelled wreck cranes like this one were accompanied by a tool car and sleeper made from a retired Pullman sleeper. In 1995 Conrail decided to outsource wreck train work to private contractors and the Conway wreck train was retired and declared surplus. Museum director, David Dunn inspected the crane and convinced Conrail to donate it to the Railroad Museum. It arrived at the museum on 9 September, 1997 behind Strasburg Railroad's GE 44-ton switcher #33.See a Google map of Conway Yard here.
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