Wreckers still in service

John T · **Joined:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:05 pm **Posts:** 1269

Back in 2018 these wreckers were still in service. Have any of them been retired, donated or scrapped?

American Hoist & Derrick
L3657 150t 04-66 D Canadian Pacific #414400 Cranbrook, BC
(in service at Golden, BC 02-28-17)
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/cp414400.jpg
L3709 250t 03-67 D Seaboard Airline RR #71982 (wrecker)
Seaboard Coast Line RR #771256 Ocala, FL
Seaboard System #771256
CSXT #991256 last location Erwin, TN 12-08-88
(last wrecker in service on CSXT)
retired 1992
Vintage Locomotives, Inc. #VIL 991256
(stored at South Central Tennessee RR Authority, later Tennessee Southern RR both Mount Pleasant, TN)
Vintage Locomotives, Inc. #VIL 991256 Pearland, TX
Vermilion Valley RR #991256 Olin, IN (here 03-30-13 &
01-11-18)
(Has Industrial Brownhoist name plate.)
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/438787/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/73548110@N04/39610794672/
L3745 250t 01-68 D Canadian Pacific RR #414503 Winnipeg, Man.
(in service 2016)
(Has Industrial Brownhoist name plate)
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=321408
L3789 150t 07-68 D Soo Line RR #W-6 Neenah, WI
(Last location at Minneapolis, MN set up for use at rip track only. Here 05-23-12)
http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi ... o&i=sooX68
L3812 250t 07-69 D Union Pacific RR #903045(2nd) Avery, NE
last assigned to Portola, CA (here 06-01-17)
(There is a statement on the web that this crane has been donated to the Western Pacific RR Museum. As of 02-01- 17 it has not.)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevesloan ... 543893635/
http://www.laughingfrogimages.com/p188415068
L3835 150t 07-69 D Canadian Pacific RR #414402
Genesse Valley Trans re# to
Delaware-Lackawanna RR # 414402 Scranton, PA
(here 04-01, in use 01-16)
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=354313
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=2359464
http://frank-dutton.blogspot.com/2014/0 ... lment.html
L3859 250t 12-69 D Union Pacific # 903046 (2nd) Avery, NE
At Salt Lake City, UT 06-01-17.
W3884 250t 06-70 D Union Pacific # 903047 (2nd) Avery, NB
(at Green River, WY, here 06-01-17)
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=188588
W3964 250t 12-72 D Union Pacific # 903050(2nd) Avery, NE
At Hinkle, OR 06-01-17
W3970 250t 03-73 D Texas & Pacific Ry # X-251 Fort Worth, TX
Missouri Pacific # X-251
Union Pacific # X-251 last assigned to North Little Rock, AR
(here 06-01-17)
http://thundertrain.org/trains-052611.html

John T · **Joined:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:05 pm **Posts:** 1269

Here are some more.

Bucyrus-Erie
23174 07-15-42 250t SW Denver & Rio Grande #W-6 to #028 (conv to diesel)
Union Pacific RR #028 (in service Grand Jct., CO 2017)
(not shown on 06-01-17 inventory)
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/527826/
33767 08-29-44 250t SW Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR #204376 Galesburg, IL
Burlington Northern #S258 (to diesel after 06-82)
Burlington Northern #D258 Seattle, WA
Burlington Northern Santa Fe #D258 1995
Scrapped 07-15
36210 08-31-46 250t SW F. H. Hopkins & Co., Ltd. (D)
Canadian National Ry #50008(2nd) (converted to diesel)
(last wrecker on CN, in service 2016)
43893 04-31-47 250t SW Oregon-Washington Ry & Navigation #0310
Union Pacific #900310 (conv to diesel 1976)
retired 02-02-02
Rick Franklin Corp. #1001 Lebanon, OR (here 01-22-18)
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=41561&p=271744#p271744
94114 05-20-52 250t DEW Quebec, North Shore & Labrador Ry #1200
(In use 2013)
http://www.railpictures.ca/upload/now-t ... or-its-nex
103499 05-28-53 250t DEW Quebec, North Shore & Labrador Ry #1201
(In use 2013)
115474 10-30-56 250t DEW Los Angeles & Salt Lake #010006
Union Pacific RR #910006 1959
(still in use at Roseville, CA 03-16)

Cowens Sheldon
1961 250t Cartier Ry #C3 (here 11-16)
http://www.bdca.org.uk/gallery/index.ph ... avid-Wylie
1961 150t Cartier Ry #C4

John T · **Joined:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:05 pm **Posts:** 1269

And the rest.

Industrial Brownhoist
5003 200t SW 08-27 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe #199793>199794 (to diesel)
(here 10-08-80)
Arizona & California RR #1 (here 07-15)
(for sale via Sterling Rail, INC. 2014, $55,000)
http://www.aeromoe.com/parker6.jpg
https://hiveminer.com/Tags/arzc/Interesting
5112 200t W 1930 Canadian National #50016 (conv to diesel)
unknown scrap dealer Kamloops, BC
Kelowna Pacific Ry #50016 Vernon, BC (here 06-11)
(quit operations 2013, track returned to CN)
http://www.barp.ca/rail/kpr/images/DSC03183.JPG
5160 200t W 1929 Boston & Maine RR #M3365 (to diesel)
Gilford Rail #3365 1983
Pan Am Rys #3365 2006 (in use 08-08-14)
http://photos.nerail.org/s/?p=167410
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ6ZFFJC2A8
11108 150t SW c1940 US Navy Kittery, ME (Portsmouth Navy Yard)
Bangor & Aroostook RR #X127 (to diesel)
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic RY #X127 2003
Central Maine & Quebec Ry #X127 2014
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=3281564
(New paint 2017 as BAR X127, in service 01-18)
11274 250t W 1941 Boston & Maine RR #3336 (to diesel)
Gilford Rail #3366 1983
Pan Am Rys #3366 2006 (in use 07-05-18)
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/554122/
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/663470/
11607 160t SW 1943 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific #99024 04-44
Denver & Rio Grande Western #030(2nd) 1980 (to diesel 1982)
Union Pacific RR (at Denver, CO North Yard 2017 not in use)
(shown here 06-01-17)
11658 250t SW 1945 Northern Pacific Ry #47 (converted to diesel 09-58)
Burlington Northern #D256 04-73
Montana Rail Link #D-100256 1987 (still here 2010)
11843 250t SW 1948 Canadian Pacific #414502 (convert. to diesel)
Still in use Cranbrook, BC 05-18
http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=5687
11963 250t DW 1948 St Louis San Francisco #99025 (2nd)
Burlington Northern RR 1980
Mississippi RR & Transportation Museum #100 (here 1989) Transkentucky Transportation RR #100 Paris, KY (here 2013)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z67IjvF1ICQ
12426 250t DW 1957 Virginian Ry #B-37 to #40037
Norfolk & Western #540037
Norfolk Southern #540037 still in service 12-14
(last wrecker on NS)
Progressive Rail Services Roanoke, VA 2017
Virginia Museum of Transportation Roanoke, VA 2017
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=64534

Industrial Works
1965 100t SW 1908 Milwaukee Road #X-900052 to #X-11 (to diesel 1956)
St. Maries River RR no# St. Maries, ID (here 2013)
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=3091310
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=3583008
3930 160t W 07-19 Norfolk & Western #4967 to #514901 $49,931.77
(converted to diesel)
Ontario Northland Ry #503 North Bay, ON 01-11-62
Alton & Southern RR East St. Louis, IL (here 1965)
Ottawa Valley Ry #503 North Bay, ON 10-96 (here 2015)
https://www.onrhts.org/More-Galleries/M ... -MJpLq8G/A
4408 160t W 1924 Canadian National Ry #50004 (to diesel)
Hudson Bay Ry #50004 1997 (here 2011)

Orton
250t DW 1972 Illinois Central #X115
Illinois Central Gulf #100418
Canadian National Ry #100418 Centralia, IL (here 2016)
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=3554348

MEXICO

There are probably a few American and Orton wreckers still in service in Mexico but current information is lacking.

American
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H93-2awPXCo
#19866 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USCXZaChJzc
#19866 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB3wXC5IxZI
Ferrocarriles Mexicanos #5623-2 http://bomberosdecajeme.blogspot.com/20 ... chive.html

Industrial Works
? Steam NdeM #110166
FerroMex #110166 1998
(at Chihuahua 11-15)
Orton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5HTot87dnY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fueUvF0xpsg
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=3789916
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=1251279
FerroMex #19855 (at Chihuahua 11-15)

Texican65 · **Joined:** Tue Dec 22, 2020 2:15 am **Posts:** 1

Hi John.

My name is Dow, and I'm a conductor for BNSF out of Seattle. I am also a member of the GNRHS. Anyways..I've recently been tallying up all the remaining wrecking derricks on class 1's, and I have some good news for you....some of them from your previous 2018 lists are still on current rosters and railroad properties.

Here are the ones that I have verified are still on the rosters.

-BN D250, former GN X1743, still on the BNSF roster in February 2021, in Havre, MT. I called and spoke with the car foreman about it. At my urging...D250 may be going to a retirement home on display in town, instead of to the scrapper.

-UP 903045 still on the roster and in Portola, CA, Feb. 2021
-UP 903046 still on the roster and in Cheyenne, WY, Feb. 2021
-UP 903047 still on the roster and in Green River, WY, Feb. 2021
-UP 903050 still on the roster and in Roseville, CA, Feb. 2021

-UP 910006, not on UP roster anymore, but still owned by them. For some reason being stored across from the Roseville yard at the Jim Dobbas Co. facility. She was last used to clean up a commuter wreck in Niles Canyon in 2016.

-UP 903010 SOLD to the Rick Franklin Corp. in Lebanon, OR as the RFRX 1001. Still in operation Feb. 2021.

-DRGW 28 still on the roster and in Grand Junction, CO, Feb. 2021
-DRGW 30 still on the roster and in Denver, CO, Feb. 2021

-MPX 251, still on the roster and in North Little Rock, AR, Feb. 2021...prior Missouri Pacific derrick, now operated by UP.

-TTI #100, prior SLSF/BN "Frisco" 99025, still on the roster and in operation by the TransKentucky Transportation R/R in Paris, KY, Feb. 2021. They use it for lifting locomotives to change out trucks and traction motors.

-MRL D-100256, prior NP #47/BN D256. Still on the roster and in operation out of Missoula, MT, Feb. 2021.

Thats all I have for now. Still working on others. If I find out any other information, I'll let you know.

Dow

CCDW · **Joined:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:30 pm **Posts:** 210

What about the 100 ton capacity wrecker, built by Industrial Works at the Nevada Northern Railroad, Ely, Nevada. It is in operation. Or does it not fit your criteria? It is a tourist railroad.

John T · **Joined:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:05 pm **Posts:** 1269

I didn't count the Nevada Northern A because it is in preservation not commercial service.

softwerkslex · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2021 10:21 am

Are these remaining wreckers held "just in case", or do they have a practical application on a regular basis?

John T · **Joined:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:05 pm **Posts:** 1269

They are held to clean up wrecks.

rrpreservation · **Joined:** Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:40 pm **Posts:** 45

Thank you for collecting and providing this information!!

softwerkslex · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2021 5:35 pm

John T wrote:

They are held to clean up wrecks.

Ja, Tak.

But I understand almost all of this work is now done by contractors like RJ Corman, who use various construction and road cranes. So are these wreckers being held out of extra conservative backup in case the contractors are not available, or some other fear?

Nova55 · **Joined:** Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:09 pm **Posts:** 596

The small handful that remain are typically reserved for mountain passes where its not possible to get a contractors equipment, especially in inclement weather.

joe6167 · **Posted:** Sun May 30, 2021 10:16 am

An American Crane In Poland.

The Towarzystwo Kolei Wielkopolskiej museum in Jarocin, Poland, just announced receiving American Crane 53892. According to the Facebook post, the crane was made in 1942 and they speculate that it may be the only example in Europe.

http://www.parowozownia-jarocin.pl/
https://www.facebook.com/Towarzystwo-Ko ... 469277696/

tdmidget · **Joined:** Mon Oct 05, 2020 11:38 pm **Posts:** 52

That is not a wrecker. It is a bread and butter DE40 diesel electric 40 ton crane.

John T · **Joined:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:05 pm **Posts:** 1269

If you send me the builder's number of that crane in Poland I can tell you its history.

joe6167 · **Posted:** Mon May 31, 2021 5:07 pm

tdmidget wrote:

That is not a wrecker. It is a bread and butter DE40 diesel electric 40 ton crane.

Ya don't say... Is it possible I just wanted to post it in a place where John T would see it?

John T wrote:

If you send me the builder's number of that crane in Poland I can tell you its history.

What's there is there.

The only number I see on it 53892.

Some additional photos posted today:

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