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Tom, I need someone to educate me about cranes. If the one you posted a picture of is a jib crane, then what is the one shown below? I honestly don't know the right name for it, but there were plenty around the system I grew up with. They were used for lifting cargo on to and off goods wagons. Pretty well every goods yard had one of these or what I think is called a gantry crane. One where a sort of trolley with a winch to lift things runs along a beam to transfer cargo from a rail wagon to a truck. Someone who knows cranes should educate me. [img]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-4/1169217/cul_yard_01.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-4/1169217/cul_yard_02.jpg[/img] Those photos would be copyright, but the guy who owns them is an enthusiast so hope he does not mind. He has some cool pics. Here is his site. [url]http://www.ardp.net/[/url] Buy some of his pics.[:D]
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