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Ottawa Valley Railway Crane sits outside of the North Bay yard as they work between the yard and Mile 1 on the Cartier sub. He we see the OVR-American crane Picking up old rail along the side of the track and loading on to flat car RLK 300001.
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Caption: Ottawa Valley Railway Crane sits outside of the North Bay yard as they work between the yard and Mile 1 on the Cartier sub. He we see the OVR-American crane Picking up old rail along the side of the track and loading on to flat car RLK 300001.

Photographer:
Pat McKIE [17] (more) (contact)
Date: 08/21/2015 (search)
Railway: Ottawa Valley Railway (search)
Reporting Marks: OVR (search)
Train Symbol: OVR Crane (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Cartier sub (search)
City/Town: North Bay (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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3 Comments
  1. Paul O'Shell
    January 23, 2017 at 2:55 pm

    OVR’s RLK 200 is (ex-CN 50356) American, model 830 DE, sn J-3495, built in June 1959.

  2. PatrickM
    February 1, 2017 at 3:12 am

    Thanks for the info on this Paul. I don’t recall seeing much info on this unit.

    Pat

  3. Paul O'Shell
    January 14, 2026 at 11:00 pm

    When built, this crane was equipped with a CAT 326-F diesel engine producing 160 hp at 1700 rpm, a 55 foot 2-piece boom with a 5-foot center section, a 20-inch single and 20-inch double sheave hook block, tagline winder, outriggers, cab heater, running lights, magnet generator and controller, cable reel, magnetic clutch, windshield wiper, hand rails, footboards, 53 cfm compressor, special counterweight, 115 hp GE traction motors, and thermo-controlled engine shutter.
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