Actually, the lettering reads:
DANGER
KEEP
OUTSIDE THE RADIUS
OF THIS MACHINE
WHEN IN
OPERATION.
Attached are scans of all or part of images
that appeared in BB No. 18 on wreckers, and they show the lettering pretty
well. The radius of the two hooks was also stenciled on the boom,
though the 204375-204376 both only show the 41 ft. 0 in. radius of the main
hook not the boom tip hook. Stenciled weight is 376,000 pounds,
and by the 1960s the derricks were stenciled with their assignment, the
204376 having GALESBURG DERRICK at the upper rear of the side sill, the
word GALESBURG hidden in the shadow. I'll probably send one of the
scans in a second message, since Yahoo limits attachments to 10
MB.
Hope this helps.
Hol
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Mon, 8 Dec
2014 18:21:37 +0100
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Derrick
204376
FWIIW: Years ago End Cab Models sold the Athearn 250t crane in exactly
this paintscheme, inclusive the warning:
DANGER
keep outside the radius
of this machine when
it is in operation
(all in capitals). This confirms Scott’s interpretation as we may
assume that ECM had access to the original or solid
documentation.
Ben de Vries, the Netherlands
