How to Build An Inexpensive Crane
The crane is built from Lionel parts found under tables at swap meets.
- Collect 2 Lionel track piers from a 110 or 111 trestle set;
- Collect a Lionel Bucyrus crane car, i.e. a 2460, 6460, 6560, etc.
- Remove the trucks from the crane car and toss them into your junk box or scrap yard.
- Paint and or weather the crane car.
- Paint and weather the trestle piers.
- Space the piers a distance apart so that the center of each pier will align with the truck mounting holes in the crane car.
- Drill one hole in each pier to accept a drywall screw.
- Mount the crane car on the piers and you are done.
