Bachmann crane car and boom tender set lettered for UP accurate project updates

[mbinsewi]

Remember this thread?  I got an answer from the NNRY.

Heres a picture of the crane that was sent to me from Joan Basset, showing the open coal hatch door:

And here's her email reply to my question about how much does it hold, and how is it filled:

Michael, I sent a picture of the coal bin on the crane. It is basically loaded by 5 gallon buckets from a front end loader. It holds about the amount of the bucket of our loader. It is not an easy thing to load. Joan curator [e-mail]

 

 

 

My original question to her was how was it done back in the day, when this operated on site, for days.

So, I guess it would have been filled by hand, maybe from a coal car or gondola, pushed up to the crane.

 

Mike.

 

 

[BNSF UP and others modeler]

Thats a pretty good pic! I may have to incorparate some interior detail into my project...

[doctorwayne]

Thanks, Mike, both for coming back with the info on loading and for the photo, too!

Wayne