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| Dennison Train Festival 2004 |
| There was quite a bit of Maintenance of Way equipment, including a crane demonstration. | ||
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| The most dramatic display was this wreck crane lifting one end of OC GP10 number 706. |
Ohio Central PX 300505, a crane or "wreck car". | 
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OC GP10 706, built as a GP9 in 1957, was owned by Illinois Central Gulf. |
The crane lifted 706 right off its front truck. (Note the shiny edge of the exposed kingpin.) | 
Left door: main generator below, roots blower above. Other doors: 16-567C prime mover with round handhole cover at each cylinder. Grates are fold-down service platforms. | 
Left door: lube oil strainer below, part of cooling water supply tank above. Right door: lube oil filter (with bolts) at left, pipe from oil cooler to radiator at top. | 
Different right door view: part of oil filter, air compressor, cylindrical sand box, and part of the number board behind it. |
The Automatic Equipment Identification (AEI) tag on the 706. | 
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| On display were a Fairmont ballast tamper and a Knox Kershaw ballast spreader. |
This tamper levels the track by scrunching ballast underneath the ties. | 
The black frame extends out from the tamper to detect low spots in the track. | 
This spreader uses blades and brooms to shape and groom the ballast along the right of way. | 
This tool car was coupled to the wreck crane. The box car and coach beyond are on display at the station. |
| Several private owners brough historic Rail Speeders to the show. These were valuable MOW tools before hi-rail trucks became common. |
Fairmont speeders like this one are quite popular. | 
The interior of the Fairmont. | 
Onan speeders like this one are also popular, especially in Canada. |
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Dec 29, 2004 |