U. S. ARMY WRECKERS

1940-1955

11492 75t SW 1941 (most likely US Army)

Walsenburg Utilities Walsenburg, CO 1951

(LPO 1959)

11333 75t SW 1942 US Government Washington, DC

11334 75t SW 1942 US Army ?

Iranian State Railways

11335 75t SW 1942 US Government Washington, DC

11482? 75t SW 1943 US Army #7508 (retired at Belle Mead, NJ)

Alaska RR #LC-57 09-47

Retired 1980

Museum of Alaska Transportation & Industry Wasilla, AK 1984

Note duplicate number

11489 75t SW 1942 (most likely ex-US Army)

Tennessee Products & Chemical Rockwood, TN

(LPO1959)

11489 75t SW 1943 US Army #7505 (retired at Belle Mead, NJ)

Alaska RR #LC-56 09-47

Retired 1980

Museum of Alaska Transportation & Industry Wasilla, AK 1984

11490 75t SW unknown (most likely US Army)

General Steel Industries, Inc. Granite City, IL

(LPO 1963)

11491 75t SW unknown (most likely US Army)

Bethlehem Steel Corp. Pottstown, PA 1951

(LPO 1957)

11493 75t SW 1942 US Government New Cumberland, PA

(LPO 1960)

11494 75t SW unknown (most likely US Army)

Allan Wood Steel Co. Conshohocken, PA 1949

(LPO 1961)

11495 75t SW 1942 US Government Lathrop, CA

(LPO 1955)

11496 75t SW 1942 US Government Oakland, CA

(LPO 1954)

11497 75t SW 1942 US Government Washington, DC

11498 75t SW 1942 US Army Ft. Eustis, VA

(LPO 1958)

11499 120t SW 1942 MacAllister Machine Co. Indianapolis, IN

(LPO 1955)

11527 75t SW 1942 US Government Burns City, IN

11528 75t SW 1942 US Army

Mayer Pollock Ft. Eustis, VA

(LPO 1962)

11529 75t SW 1942 unknown (most likely US Army)

Bethlehem Steel Corp. Bethlehem, PA

(LPO 1953)

11585 75t SW 1943 US Government Washington, DC

11586 75t SW 1943 US Government Washington, DC

11595 75t SW 1943 US Government Cincinnati, OH

11596 75t SW 1943 US Army

Mayer Pollock New Orleans, LA

11597 75t SW 1943 US Army Ft. Eustis, VA

(LPO 1953)

11622 75t SW 1943 US Government Cincinnati, OH

11886 75t SW 1948 unknown (most likely US Army)

Bethlehem Steel Corp. Bethlehem, PA 1949

(LPO 1956)

12163 75t SW 1952 US Army Ft. Eustis, VA

Panama RR #63 “BIG TOM” (5’ gauge)

12164 75t SW 1952 US Army #C-1501 Fort Eustis, VA

US Army Transportation Museum Fort Eustis, VA

12183 75t SW 1952 US Army #C-1504 Ft. Eustis, VA

State of West Virginia 1979

South Branch Valley RR #OX Moorefield, WV 1979

Bill Miller Equipment Sales Mount Savage, MD 2001

12186 75t SW 1953 US Army #C-1502 Ft. Eustis, VA

Cass Scenic RR State Park Cass, WV 1979

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=535970&nseq=226

12187 75t SW 1953 US Army #C-1503 Marietta, PA

Monon RR #80001 1968

Louisville & Nashville #40010 (2^nd) 1971 (conv to diesel)

Louisville Scrap Co.

Kentucky Ry Museum Newhaven, KY 1977

12188 75t SW 1953 US Army Marietta, PA

12189 75t SW 1953 US Army Marietta, PA

Notes

#11482 is most likely 11492

One of the 11489s is probably 11488

11886 may not have been built for the Army.

It is not known if these cranes are accounted for above or not.

? 75t W Steam 09-44 US Army Trans. Corp. #7504

New South Wales Government RR #1080 07-09-47

(rated at 50 tons) (retired 1996)

Junee Roundhouse Museum Junee, NSW, Australia

? 75t SW 1943/44 US Army #7506 (12 wheels)

? 75t SW 1943/44 US Army #7510 (12 wheels) served in Italy

Italian State RR #7510 (rebuilt with relieving bogies)

Scrapped early 1970s

? 75t SW 1943/44 US Army #7513 (photographed with the 753^rd ROB in Italy 1944)

? 75t W Steam 1943 US Army Trans. Corp.

New South Wales Government RR #1081 09-27-48 $6352

(rated at 50 tons) (retired 1990)

Dorrigo Steam Ry & Museum, LTD. Dorrigo, NSW, Aus.

In 1960 the US Army had six 75 ton steam wreckers. One was in service (most likely 12164) and five were in storage.

John A. Taubeneck

14314 Dayton Ave. N

Seattle, WA 98133-6838

jtaub@juno.com

September 23, 2016