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Chippewa Lake, Ohio 44215-0458
Phone: 330-769-5501

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Cleveland Railway Company
Crane # 0711

Street railway crane 0711 was built in 1925 by the Differential Car Co. in Finley, Ohio for the Cleveland Railway Co.. It worked the streets of Cleveland for CRC and the Cleveland Transit System until the early 1950’s when it was retired and set to be scrapped. It received a second life, however, on the CTS Rapid Transit where it remained until the early 1980’s.

NORM acquired the crane in 1982. Beginning in 2002 it received a mechanical and semi-cosmetic restoration. It was also temporarily converted into a gas-electric with the addition of a gas powered generator and a rectifier built by NORM volunteers. This is the first self-propelled piece of trolley equipment on the NORM property. It is used as a locomotive to move the rest of our cars around.

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Crane 0711 at the Shaker's Kingsbury Run yard. (Museum Collection)

Cleveland Railway 0713, another of the same series, in service with a flat car on Euclid Avenue near the Belt Line bridge. (Museum Collection)

0711 and other equipment shortly after it arrived at NORM. (Museum Collection)

0711 inside the Bennett Carhouse at NORM October of 2002. (Museum Collection)

0711 inside the carhouse after installation of the motor-generator unit. (B.C. Gage)

Here is 0711 after the conversion to gas-electric in the summer of 2005. (B.C. Gage)

Here is a side view 0711 in the summer of 2005. (B.C. Gage)

Here is a rear view 0711 in the summer of 2005. (B.C. Gage)

This shot shows the motorman's controls of 0711. Almost 80 PSI of brake pressure! (B.C. Gage)

Here is 0711 in service at the Museum in the summer of 2005 moving Shaker Heights PCC 78. (S. Heister)

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Last Updated 10/18/08

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