A trip down to the train yard to check out the steam crane.

[TheSilverBuick]

How about the one of red lights? As for Wendover, I'm hoping the season drys out for the salt flats. I've seen it pretty wet going into July and the flats look good in August, but this year we are WAAAY above average rain fall, three or four times average.

Welcome everyone

[nickleone]

I worked at a pipe making facility. 108 inch diameter 20ft long cement lined pipe. They would put the metal liner with the bell and spigot ends on a form that was 20 ft high. Then surround it with an outer form and pour concrete into the form. When everything was set up and dry the rail mounted crane (converted from steam to diesel electric) would come buy and slings would attach to the outer form. The operator would have to jerk the outer off the concrete. One day I look over and the operator jerks it and the boom bends over the top of the form. 60 ft of boom gone and not a sound from it. Previous to this the operator lifted a 20 ton load off a flat bed and when he swung 45 degrees to the truck the crane fell over. Outriggers were not down.
Nick