Comments on: CN 50397 Industrial Brownhoist 250 ton wrecker, s/n 12368 built in 1957. It was originally assigned to the GTW in Battle Creek, MI. according to a July 1960 CN crane roster. It sits here in the cold snow covered Kamloops Yard in January of 2003 nearing the end of its useful life at CN.

By: Paul O'Shell

Paul O'Shell — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 19:04:25 +0000

It would appear that CN 50397 (1st) in my above photo has been scrapped.
Ex-DM&IR X-16, an American model 830 DE locomotive crane, serial number J-3487, built in 1958 was renumbered to CN 50397 (2nd) and was on the Work Equipment roster until 2010. I have a photo of this second CN 50397 meeting its end in a scrap yard in October of 2010.

By: Jeremy MacPherson

Jeremy MacPherson — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 05:24:14 +0000

That would be great, I thought the only one left was 50387 at the Alberta Railway Museum.

By: Paul O'Shell

Paul O'Shell — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 22:49:36 +0000

I’m not so sure the CN 50397 has been scrapped. We will have a guy out in the Kamloops area in the near future and will get him to do a little scouting to see what’s going on with the wreckers that were once assigned there.

By: CN MLW FAN

CN MLW FAN — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 00:00:27 +0000

Any idea when this crane was scrapped?