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Crane, Danbury Railway Museum, Connecticut.

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English: Built as Crane #2281, it is 90 feet long and capable of lifting 100 tons. Grand Central Terminal Co. was owned 58.057% by the New York Central and 41.943% by the New Haven. This unit was built specifically for the tunnels in and around Grand Central Terminal and has lifting booms at each end such that it doesn't matter in which direction it is headed into a tunnel - it will be in a position to work at re-railing cars. It is powered electrically from the third rail in the tunnels; nevertheless, it requires a large number of sizeable storage batteries which are ganged up in series in the ceiling of the wrecker to provide constant power. For a time toward the end of its working days the crane was known as the "Wellington" in honor of Ed Wellington Whitney, the longtime wreckmaster in Metro-North's White Plains yards. Of the three that were built, this is the only one that remains. It is now at the Danbury Railway Museum in Connecticut.
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