Early Container On Flat & Trailer On Flat Cars

Here are photos that I ran across in my collection.  The first is a Missouri Pacific crane lifting COFC container on to a railroad flat car.  The second is circus style unloading/loading of Southern Pacific PMT piggypack flat cars. Notice the Clejan flat cars. These all, of course, pre-dates Wheels of Time PC-90 Piggy-Packer which by the way will be released in late January.   By the way, our PC-90 Piggy-Packers will have magnets in the lift.  All you need to do is glue a piece of steel like from a "tin" can in the inside of your container.

Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for the Coming Year!

Size Matters

How big is big?  The Piggy-Packer's front wheel diameter is about 7-ft in diameter.  In relations to the MiJack straddle cranes, the Piggy-Packer looks like a mere toy.  

Happy Thanksgiving!  from Wheels of Time

New pre-production photos posted

New pre-production photos are posted for Wheels of Time PC-90 Piggy-Packers!

The View from the Operator of a Piggy-Packer

Get on-board by this Thursday, so you can be in the driver's seat!

This is a view of from the operator's cab of a B&M PC-90 Piggy-Packer.  The PC-90's had air actuated controls over hydraulics.  So they made a really neat air sound
in operating the lift. The newer MJ 9090 (MiJack) had all electrically operated controls to actuated the hydraulics.

An accident...

Here a photo where the operator accidently dropped a trailer sent by Scott Mikeal (Norfolk Southern trainer on the PC-90 Piggy-Packers, Mi Jacks and other loading equipment).  Perhaps there is a reason for the cab to be at mid-ship like on the PC-90s instead like this Hyster equipment. . . because accidents do happen from time to time.