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February 22, 2019 at 1:08 am #8801
David Boeschen
Participant

    Answering my own question:

    There’ a British railway enthusiast site http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/cranes/steamcranes02.htm
    that seems to have status on many, if not all, surviving steam cranes in North America.

    Here’s what it has to say about this MoPac crane.

    North Freedom
    Mid-Continent Railway Historical Society

    Industrial Works C/N 2927 120 tons Wrecker Steam 1914
    St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern #Z-8
    Missouri Pacific RR #X-105 1928
    M-CRHS 1967
    http://www.midcontinent.org/collectn/service/mpx105.html
    (Sold for scrap 2nd May 2015)

    There was another 18 ton crane also sold for scrap, same day. There is a surviving Soo Line 60 ton crane here.

    So I suppose I missed my chance.

    RG7