MTH 30-79484 - Crane Tender Car "Reading" #90875

• Road Name: Reading 
• Road Number: 90875
• Product Line: RailKing
• Scale: O Scale
• Release: Dec. 2015

Features:

• Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body
• Metal Wheels and Axles
• Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
• Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
• Needle-Point Axles
• (2) Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
• Operating Interior Lighting
• Detailed Brake Wheel
• Near-Scale Proportions
• Unit Measures:11 1/2" x 2 5/16" x 4"
• Operates On O-27 Curves

Overview:

The crane tender had two jobs: to protect the crane's boom and enable it to be coupled with other cars on the way to a wreck site, and to carry the tools, chains, slings and other gear needed to clear a wreck. Unlike the crane itself, which was a precision piece of gear made by a specialized company, the crane tender was usually a home-built affair, cobbled together from whatever a railroad's shop crew had lying around. Our model represents a typical such car, built from an older flatcar and part of an obsolete or wreck-damaged outside-braced wooden box car, now functioning as an equipment shed.