November 1, 2024: The Canadian Toy Train Association is pleased to announce that MTH is manufacturing a Pacific Great Eastern crane tender in their Railking line. The Pacific Great Eastern crane tender will go along with our previously produced PGE crane.

This very limited production “O” gauge car comes in two road numbers in 3 rail. Delivery is expected in 2025.

Cost: The Canadian Toy Train Association member cost is $ 85.00 CDN per car including shipping within the lower mainland and Vancouver Island. With the drop in the Canadian dollar this is a real deal for our members.

ABOUT the MTH RailKing PGE Crane Tender Car

The crane tender had two jobs: to protect the crane’s boom and enable it to be coupled with other cars on the way to a wreck site, and to carry the tools, chains, slings and other gear needed to clear a wreck. Unlike the crane itself, which was a precision piece of gear made by a specialized company, the crane tender was usually a home-built affair, cobbled together from whatever a railroad’s shop crew had lying around. Our model represents a typical such car, built from an older flatcar and part of an obsolete or wreck-damaged outside-braced wooden box car, now functioning as an equipment shed.

The rest of a typical wreck train usually had the same hand-me-down look. Passenger and freight cars no longer fit for revenue service were recycled into crew, equipment, and tool cars for wreck and maintenance of way service.

FEATURES INCLUDE:
Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body
Metal Wheels and Axles
Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
Needle-Point Axles
(2) Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
Operating Interior Lighting
Detailed Brake Wheel
Near-Scale Proportions
Unit Measures: 11 1/2” x 2 5/16” x 4”
Operates On O-27 Curves