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Monday, July 7, 2008

Marion "The Captain" 6360 Super Stripping Shovel



Length 5'5" X Height 4'2" X Width 21.5" (in HO Scale).



Bucyrus Erie 3850 B Stripping Shovel






Length 4'9" X Height 4'2" X Width 20" (in HO Scale).





Bucyrus Erie 4270 Giant Dragline Excavator





Length 11' X Height 3.5' X Width 2'10" (in HO Scale).

Mid-Size Draglines and Loading Shovel


Mid-size dragline crane with Super-lift carriage.
Length 6'2" X Height 4'1" (in HO Scale).



Midsize walking dragline.
Length 5'7" X Height 3'8" (in HO Scale).




Loading Shovel


Overview of Shovels and Haulers


5-Axle Tandem Haulers




Great Lakes Whaleback Ore Carriers





Length 7'5" X Height 21" X Width 12.5" (in HO Scale).

Great Lakes Tandem Ore Barge

Length 9.5' X Height 22.25" X Width 11.75" (in HO Scale).

Bucket Wheel Boom


This is another view of the bucket wheel excavator, with a loading shovel underneath it.

Giant Bucket Wheel Excavator

This is a model of a giant bucket wheel excavator, in HO scale, on display at a recent model railroad show in Cedarburg, WI.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Giant Mobile Crane Units and Boom Haulers












Crane Units:
Length 32" X Width 3-5/8" X Height 3'
Boom Haulers:
Length 35" X Width 2.5" X Height 5-5/8"
Concrete Span Units:
Length 38.25" X Width 3" X Height 3.25"







Loading Shovels and Overburden Haulers










Loading Shovel: Length 31" X Width 8.25" X Height 15.25" (Sizes can vary)
Overburden Haulers: Length 19" X Width 7.5" X Height 6.25"