I had two ideas for this build almost immediately. The very first idea was a steam wrecker crane. The second idea was to build my Beyer-Garret logging loco. Both of these are for a single larger project of building a 1:24ish MOW train for the Canyon Creek Railway. Awhile back I built the foreman’s car for this train which includes a boom rest for the eventual crane.
I have decided that I don’t want to try and build the loco on this time frame with me not feeling good. I want it highly detailed and I just don’t have it in me. So the crane wins. It will be a small steam crane with a semi-open cab, double drum steam winch, Taylor Tin roofing, be a wood burner, and use logs for the boom. I have planes from Garden Railways Magazine along with a build log over at My Large Scale to build pretty much exactly what I am after. I am hoping/thinking I can do this build with little to no expense.
Here is my highly engineered blueprint from which I will be working.
I think this maybe the first time I used an actual napkin. As usual I am very enthusiastic and couldn’t stop thinking about it. Now I have to wait ten days before I can actually start.
