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Model Information

HO
Athearn
Ready To Roll
Freight Car
Crane
200-Ton Crane
Athearn
ATH15699
Arizona & California (AZRC)
Unknown
AZRC
Knuckle Couplers
Metal Wheels
Blocks raise and lower
Boom raises and lowers
Flat car with boom support arms
Fully-assembled
Highly-detailed
Injection-molded body
Passenger trucks
Replacement parts available
Rotating boom
RP25 contours
Weighted
Window packaging

Prototype Details

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Second Generation Diesel (1960 - 1980)
Transition (1940 - 1960)
1980s
1970s
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Availability

October 2017
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Model Information

HO
Athearn
Ready To Roll
Freight Car
Crane
200-Ton Crane
Athearn
ATH15699
Arizona & California (AZRC)
Unknown
AZRC
Knuckle Couplers
Metal Wheels
Blocks raise and lower
Boom raises and lowers
Flat car with boom support arms
Fully-assembled
Highly-detailed
Injection-molded body
Passenger trucks
Replacement parts available
Rotating boom
RP25 contours
Weighted
Window packaging

Model Information

HO
Athearn
Ready To Roll
Freight Car
Crane
200-Ton Crane
Athearn
ATH15699
Arizona & California (AZRC)
Unknown
AZRC
Knuckle Couplers
Metal Wheels
Blocks raise and lower
Boom raises and lowers
Flat car with boom support arms
Fully-assembled
Highly-detailed
Injection-molded body
Passenger trucks
Replacement parts available
Rotating boom
RP25 contours
Weighted
Window packaging

The first railroad cranes relied on locomotives for positioning around the work site. Some big cranes required water tenders to power their steam boilers to operate and rotate the boom. Many of these cranes lasted into the late 1970s and 1980s before being converted to diesel. Some cranes were constructed as diesel towards the end of the steam era.

Initial Source: 06_RTR_200-Ton_Crane_102717.pdf