A steam crane loads pallets of flour from a box car into the hold of the Lake Titicacca steamer Ollanta. At the time of this photo a Hitachi 2-8-2 occasionally shunted the Puno docks. Unfortunate... (more)

This shot is of Nevada Northern Railway's Steam Wrecking Crane A & their 1909 Alco 2-8-0 locomotive #93 as the crew sets up the scene for the 2013 Winter Steam Photoshoot held in February. In thi... (more)

This night shot is of Nevada Northern Railway's Steam Wrecking Crane A & their 1909 Alco 2-8-0 locomotive #93. This was taken during the 2013 Winter Steam Photoshoot held in February. This is o... (more)

A Little Giant Model 64R Trakrane sits in Thrall Siding with a bad order tag attached. The bad order tag states that the equipment shouldn't be moved until repaired. I couldn't figure out what was... (more)

Burlington Northern 975325, a 25-Ton American model 5030DE crane was likely built in February of 1991 as a self-powered locomotive crane. Fitted with either a 426 cubic inch Detroit Diesel model 7... (more)

This night shot is of Nevada Northern Railway's Steam Wrecking Crain A & part of the 1909 Alco 2-8-0 locomotive #93. What a treat it was to see and photograph an operating steam crane, and at ni... (more)

Big Hook in action. With the snow intensity picking up, Nevada Northern's 100-ton steam powered wrecking crane commences lowering one truck of a derailed hopper back onto the iron. The Wre... (more)

Preparing the hook. Members of the Nevada Northern Wrecking Crew scurry around Steam Crane A as they prepare her for a late afternoon operation to re-rail a hopper that has become a victim ... (more)

Preparing the hook. With shop mechanics already in the process of making her ready, the operating crew of Nevada Northern Wrecking Crane A (lower left) huddles to discuss the plan for an af... (more)

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The Nevada Northern, a tribute to railroading and a way of life long past, gathers its vintage equipment together every winter for groups of railroad photographers to experience, as Executive Dire... (more)

This year the Nevada Northern 2013 Winter Steam Spectacular Photo Shoot featured the 106 year old, 100 ton Steam Crane "A". The shoot took place on the evening of February 16th, 2013. Accompanyi... (more)

Santa Fe owned two types of Burro cranes, the type 30 and the type 40. Type 30's had the pulleys for the boom arm located on the roof, while the Type 40's, such as this one had pulleys located in ... (more)

Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr arrives into Davis, California as an Ohio Crane works hard to the left. The Ohio Crane was helping crews install a couple new spurs at the east end of the Davi... (more)

A first attempt to lift the "crocodile" at 10.30 AM failed, because the locomotive was moving around its longitudinal axis. The mounting on the crane had to be done in a different way and the acti... (more)