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Steam. Don't quote me but I think it's an American Hoist and Derrick. The flat springs for the spools are a snare and a delusion so pick how high you want the boom and leave it. First drum for single hook at end of boom. Second drum for double hook mid boom. Third drum for boom. Cable for end hook and double hook goes through boom at bend. Boom cable goes under the movable block structure in the cab, to pully on boom, to pully on same side on the movable block structure back to pully on opposite side on boom, back to opposite pully on movable block structure and terminates at tie-off point between pulleys on boom. I found the best way to attach the lines was to string it, tie off at appropriate points then wind onto drum. Don't worry to much about mucking up the pins and pulley installation as you'll find it's better as a static display and is not built robust enough for continual fiddling. Mines marked BN which research shows didn't exist. Everything was diesel when BN was created from GN, NP, SP&S, CS, and ST. L & B. Appropriate additions would be flat cars or gondolas.
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