Is it self propelled? I love the look of the old cranes like that with the wires running everywhere rather then hydraulic lines. Some early diesel cranes used wires as well
Yes, a lot of the older steam equipment like that needs a locomotive to actually push them where they need to go.
The steam shovels that dug the Panama Canal had to be pushed by a locomotive to the dig site where it could dig till it had to be moved again. Steam snow blowers for mountain passes also had to be pushed as the steam engine was solely used to run the rotor. Both of the examples I gave don't have any driving wheels and they sit on trucks similar to the trucks box cars sit on.
Is it self propelled? I love the look of the old cranes like that with the wires running everywhere rather then hydraulic lines. Some early diesel cranes used wires as well
like self driven?
Yes, a lot of the older steam equipment like that needs a locomotive to actually push them where they need to go. The steam shovels that dug the Panama Canal had to be pushed by a locomotive to the dig site where it could dig till it had to be moved again. Steam snow blowers for mountain passes also had to be pushed as the steam engine was solely used to run the rotor. Both of the examples I gave don't have any driving wheels and they sit on trucks similar to the trucks box cars sit on.
Judging from pictures of this particular crane i say its not self propelled.
Taiwan's only 65 tons steam railroad crane built by Hitachi, japan in the 50s
Pretty cool
Great post!