after going nuts all day I was hopping some one might direct me to a photo of a french rail crane from 1930.

hi
i dont have any photos but i'll have a look see what i can find, do you mean a station crane, or one that is on a rail car?

neil

on a rail car for track maint. thanks

The only one I have a picture of looks like some of ours. Heavy steem crain on six wheel trucks.

graywolfgang. would appriciate if if might get a copy of that crane. was looking for a four wheel type but the carne section is what I need. Can size it up/down to suit my needs, thanks, dioman13

hi Neill22, thanks for the reply. was looking for a four wheel mobile track maintanance crane but any would work as I need the crane pics. I can scale up/down for my requirments. What I really need is a pic of the crane and the cabling/whinch section and how it attaches to the crane for lifting. thanks, dioman13

wrong web site. Try French trains 1930 in Yahoo or google. You think armour model makes are nuts . You have not meet train nut yet

Bob, hope these help.
Back many moons ago I bought the Tank Workshop BR52, and got scared looking in the box at all that resin.
Then when Trumpeter came out with one I started collecting these pics. for a dio. I didn't want to do a static loco and tender. I had plans for a wrecked train in France circa D - Dayish. One of these days .............
The pics. are steam powered cranes for the most part and date from 1900's to early 40s. They are U.S. and Canadian, but I wouldn't think they differ that much. I had read most were bought from overseas and England anyway.
There are 4 and 6 truck models in the pics.
The pics. are in my gallery - hope they're not too blurry. I digi camed them off print outs from my computer.
Glenn

Hi Glenn,

Great Pics.

Al

Hey Bob hope thies help? Their not French but German..

airfix used to do a brit one in ooscale[1/76] you might be able to scale it up. i think they sold the molds to dapol who still make it. worth looking at their website.

hello Cheyenne, I apriciate the photo's. They are very helpfull.The crane arm and cable set up is perfect. Just scale down and walla. Thank you.

hello Graywolfgang, the photo's are going to be a big help. Much thanks.

hello Simon, thanks for the reply. I tried goggle and all already but came up with a blank for r/r cranes. Got some pic's from some other modelers on site here that are just what the styrene doc ordered. Off to plastistrutville I go.

Hey Bob sure glad the pictures could help. Hear is another place you can look is your LMS fin their model trains. I know their are a couple of differant types out their, you can go by..
Wolf

Bob, try this link: http://tvnp.rail-france.org/wagons_grues/wagons_grues.html
All kind of (old) french railroad cranes, some 4 axles also.

Also, try to google on the term: grue de chemin de fer
Grue = french for crane
Motogrue = motorcrane

Paul

yes sir, iam intersted in those german railway steam cranes could not open to show the pic's would you send them to me i have look all over so that i may scratch build i have one line drawing of a skoda 45 ton and it's small and front and side view can you help Brock Beckstedt of Norfolk,Virginia e-mail [email protected]

Not sure if its been mentioned but you could also talk a look at an old war film called 'The Train' starring burt lancaster. theres a crane car shown in several scenes. Its set in 1944, but the equipment may be similar to the time frame you're looking at