Lionel P&H truck crane, how hard to get? - General Topics (2024)

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not hard to get at all. the original one from the 60s can go for big money in the p&h box... the newer versions are more or less the same thing. they sell for anywhere from 10 to 25 bucks ussually...a few years back the hobby shops sold them new for around 20 bucks. i have one in the box but its buried in the basem*nt somewhere.

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i think the truck crane and the cable shovel are 2 of the most under rated kits out there....sure they lack fine details but as far as customizing goes the sky is the limit.

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RI crane man I love the pile driver!!!! Can I send you my front shovel and have you make me one?? Lol or can you pm me and give me some tips on how to change it

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I have the original versions in thebasem*nt-slightly modified with handles to operate. They made an 'orange' version that were sold about 20 yrs ago. I bought several for modifcation but never did-that was before the current crane offerrings. When they first came out-I was little-I said wow these are great! The orange versions about 10 bucks. I might have paid 7 bucks for some on sale. I believe Lionel recently offered them again on flat cars like the originals not sure of price. Train shows,shops should have them.

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SDBOB your right, I forgot about the orange model, they were made for Lionel as flat car loads. In fact I just saw the orange one and several yellow truck cranes (P&H) along with the crawler shovel at the Spring Thaw Train Show in Allentown, Pa. a few weeks ago. The newer reproductions are cheep ( $10/$20 US) and abundant. If Chuck dosent have any try looking in a Model Railroader magazine or contact Walters (major model RR supplyer) on the www.

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I'm pretty sure it is "O" scale which translates to 1:48

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The truck crane came with a 3 piece folding boom...no working drums but the outriggers can slide out and there's removable pads. It also features rubber tires and the rims have nice detail...it has no glass in the windows...there's no interior detail in the crane but it does have sliding doors. The shovel has rubber tracks. And the boom features a working rack and pinion for the dipper....the bucket door opens and the crane house. Has sliding doors also. I'm my opinion these scale much closer to 1/64 . The tires on the crane are smaller than the first gear truck tires....also the shovel seems to be too small for 1/50. The shovel can be built into a pretty mean loading shovel in 1/87