Thursday 11 January 2024

Throwback Thursday - Rail King

 

R.K. 285 was on display at the Elgin County Railway Museum on August 24, 2008.
By Peter Mumby.

R.K. 205,  a "Mobile Railcar Mover," was on display at an Open House at the Elgin County Railway Museum in St. Thomas, Ontario on August 24, 2008.  It had made the short trip west from H. Broer Equipment in Aylmer.  At this time the E.C.R.M was holding two display weekends per year when museum equipment was pulled outdoors to be viewed by the general public.  Local railways and businesses would often send other units for display as well.  On this particular weekend R.K. 205 was in charge of moving the display pieces out of and into the museum building.  

If you are interested in changing scales, as of this writing H. Broer has a used SS 4250 (42,500 lbs tractive effort) model for sale.  Used for only 4900 hours, the machine could be yours for a cool $249,750.00.  Something to think about!

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