Anybody using the Heljan Operating Container crane kit?

[pitshop]

Thanks to a good response from the forum members, I'm leaning towards the modern era and the Seaboard Coastline systems. Since I'm here in Charleston, SC, I'm thinking of having a harbor scene with a container facility. The Heljan system looks impressive, but I'm not sure if I can mount it right next to a water scene so that it would reach the containers on the ship and be able to move them to the rail cars. Anybody using one of these (or know of a better alternative)???

 

[jbinkley60]

pitshop

Thanks to a good response from the forum members, I'm leaning towards the modern era and the Seaboard Coastline systems. Since I'm here in Charleston, SC, I'm thinking of having a harbor scene with a container facility. The Heljan system looks impressive, but I'm not sure if I can mount it right next to a water scene so that it would reach the containers on the ship and be able to move them to the rail cars. Anybody using one of these (or know of a better alternative)???

Here's reasonably priced coal/ore option:

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-2906

Here's a couple of container cranes which might work but are out of stock.

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/405-8530

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/770-5620

 

 

[MisterBeasley]

This model is designed to transfer containers between a rail car and a truck.  The crane's travel is limited to the space between the uprights that support it.  Half of that space belongs to the train, which basically leaves enough room for a roadway, but not much more.  I suppose you could model a transfer between the train and a narrow barge in a canal, but it's not an appropriate crane to load a container ship.

Maybe you could build a static model of a crane unloading a ship on to trucks, and then have some of those trucks transfer the same containers over to the train.

[cacole]

 The cranes that load and unload container ships look nothing like the Heljan model.  This model is, as stated, for moving containers only a very short distance from a truck to railcar, or vice versa.