(1) A custom made 1:50 working model of "Big Muskie" the largest machine ever to move under its own power in North America created by Englishman Mike Wellman (more Muskie info: PDF). Big Muskie is a Bucyrus-Erie 4250W walking dragline that was built in 1967 and went into service at Central Ohio Coal Company in 1969. It was shut down in 1991 and scraped in 1995. Big Muskie's dimensions are indeed impressive—total weght 27,000,000 pounds (13,500 tons), total width 151 feet, bucket capacity 220 cubic yards (325 tons of overburden) and total boom height 320 feet. Big Muskie moved over 39 million pounds of material per hour. (see photo on homepage, 1:87 scale stripmine diorama & stripmine operations write up to see how Big Muskie was used)
(2) A custom 1:50 scale model of a Pecco 400 tower crane created by Mitch Gomez. This tower crane has a self climbing feature that enables it to add boom sections and grow in height as the building it is helping build grows.
(3) A Manitowoc 18000 crawler crane in 1:50 scale fully rigged with superlift, maxer counter weight carriage and full jib. As shown this crane could lift over 1000 tons from the main boom and 100 tons from the jib.
(4) Tony Mauser created this highly detailed custom made 1:50 scale model of a Manitowoc 4600 ringer crane. As configured here the main boom is 380 feet with 120 feet of jib for a total lifting height of 500 feet (approx. a 45 story building). This crane could lift over 600 tons within 40 feet of the ringer or over 40 tons up to 200 feet from the ringer.
(5) A Manitowoc 4600 model S-5 custom built by Kerst Labonne in 1:25 scale. This model is fully motorized and can peform any operation that can be done by the full size model. Operations are controlled by the gorilla controls located on the right side.
An NZG 1:24 scale model of a CAT 941 tracked loader (as made in the early 1950's), and a 1:24 scale CAT D8 side boom pipe layer made by NZG.
(6) Two 1:32 scale models of the largest railroad steam engines ever built, created by Fine Art models in Michigan. The Union Pacific (UP) 4-8-8-4 engine is called the "Big Boy". This engine generated over 4000 horsepower and could pull 5,000 tons (80 cars) at speeds in excess of 80 miles per hour. Total engine length is over 132 feet and total weight is over 1,200,000 pounds (600 tons). The Big Boys were used by UP between 1940 and 1954 to haul freight at high speed over the grades of the Wasatch mountains between Laramie, WY and Salt Lake City, UT.
The Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) 2-6-6-6 engine is designated "H-8" (displayed at the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, MI). This locomotive was used by C&O to haul coal in the mountains of West Virginia and could pull 5,000 tons up a 3% grade. It generates more raw pulling power than the UP Big Boy but is smaller and lighter in weight.
(7) On top of the lighted showcase is a selection of 1:50 scale models of heavy lift cranes that include the Liebherr LTM1300 (330 ton capacity) hydraulic truck crane with jib painted in "ALL Erection" livery and carrying a large transformer utilizing a custom made lifting cage by Turtle Models, a Liebherr LTM1500 hydraulic truck crane with super lift attachment (550 ton capacity) painted in "Anthony" crane rental livery,
The Manitowoc 999 lattice boom crawler crane (250 ton capacity),
Two Manitowoc 555 (capacity 90 tons) lattice boom crawler cranes (the CCM version and the TWH version) and
A Liebherr tower crane (capacity 8 tons)
(8) The lighted showcase contains the following models. On the top shelf is a Fine Art Models 1:48 scale model of a Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) "K-4" 4-6-2 passenger locomotive with a "Broadway Limited" passenger car.
On the 2nd shelf is a 1:32 scale highly detailed Aster model of a New York Central (NYC) Hudson 4-6-4 passenger locomotive used by the NYC railroad to pull their "20th Century Limited" train,
A 1:8 scale model of an Auto United type C Le Mans racing engine and a "President of the United Sates" (P.O.T.U.S.) coffee cup which is a souvenir of President Bill Clinton's trip aboard the Georgia 300 private railway car.
On the 3rd shelf is a Fine Art Models 1:32 scale model of a PRR GG-1 electric passenger locomotive and a PRR N5C caboose.
On the 4th shelf is a Williams 1:48 scale model of a PRR GG-1 electric passenger locomotive, a Marklin 1:87 scale model of a PRR GG-1, a 1:87 scale model of a 100 ton capacity American Railroad wreck crane,
and an Overland Models 1:87 scale model of a General Electric AC4000 (4000 horsepower) freight locomotive with a Bethgon 100 ton capacity rotary dump coal hopper car. On the 5th shelf are 1:50 scale models of a Russian 4 axle lattice boom truck crane with dual cab controls and an NZG model of a Terex/Demag AC200 hydraulic truck crane (capacity 225 tons) painted in Mammoet (pronounced "mam- moot") livery.
On the bottom shelf is a 1:87 scale model of an O&K RH400 hydraulic shovel,
and a 1:87 scale model of a Terex Unit Rig MT4400 off-road 320 ton capacity dump truck and a 1:8 scale model of a Manitowoc commercial ice machine.
(9) On the wall to the left of the lighted showcase are 2 framed displays of watch fobs from construction equipment manufacturers and dealers.
(10) In the display case are a 1:48 scale model of the PRR GG-1 made by Koh's Models and a 1:48 scale model of the heavyweight passenger car "Ferdinand Magellan" as used by President Franklin Roosevelt.
11) From 1973 to 1976 Steve owned a group of camera stores named “Master Photo”. In 1975 Master Photo paid $1500.00 to Pittsburgh Railways to paint one of it’s streetcars in Master Photo colors and logo. The trolley ran on Pittsburgh streets for 5 months.
A 1:50 scale model trolley painted in Master Photo colors appeared on EBay and was quickly added to the museum collection. This trolley model is a 100% accurate reproduction of the “big one.” It is one of 10 created by a nationally known custom modeler.
