Equipment
As a full-service railroad contractor, Cranemasters is the industry leader of specialized heavy-lift machinery. We provide the most diversified offering of support services and equipment in the nation. In addition to our fleet of hoists, chain slings, track and rail handling equipment, Cranemasters has engineered our own specialized heavy-lift equipment. These innovations allow for a broader range of motion, and create solutions for rail construction and recovery that previously did not exist.
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Meet the 200 RS
- Custom designed crane manufactured to meet the needs of the rail industry
- Cranemasters co-developed the specifications, adding elements to the crane’s design for its transport as well as quick assembly and disassembly on site
- A custom trailer has been developed to provide even faster setup and disassembly on-site
- 600 horsepower
- Design supports full capacity pick and carry operations at a full 360 degrees of rotation
- 210,000 pounds of tractive effort supports movement in adverse terrain conditions
- Composite bonded track pads provide optimal tractive effort while protecting railroad track components
- High ground clearance facilitates movement over switch stands, other low lying track structures, and obstacles
- 140,000 pound line pull hydraulic tractor style recovery winch that can be positioned at either end of crane operation
- The 200 RS is designed to very flexible and adaptive to job demands without sacrificing capability
Tank Car Saver
- Cranemasters designed and manufactured in-house this truly effective, first of its kind Tank Car Saver lifting attachment
- Custom designed 180,000-pound capacity device that eliminates damage to tank cars while lifting them during derailment recovery, resulting in significant cost savings for customers
- Locking design positions center of gravity lifting point above the car for optimal control and safety even with fully or partially loaded cars with contents that can shift
- Design protected by U.S. Patent Nos. 10,150,651; 10,577,226; D930,052; and D931,342. Other patents pending.
- Legs fold out to store assembly anywhere during derailment project
Hi-Rail Recovery Cranes
Purpose built hi-rail cranes, with up to 150-ton lifting capacity, to handle mainline, short-line, and industrial siding challenges like derailments and infrastructure construction and repair. Learn More >
335 CAT Excavator with Hydraulic Tractortype Recovery Winch
- Significantly more versatile and capable than other similar models of equipment used in the rail industry
- Minimal tail swing excavator is modified with custom counterweight to store rigging and tools, as well as cutting torch equipment and accessories
- 140,000 pound line pull hydraulic tractor type recovery winch
- Composite bonded track pads provide optimal tractive effort while protecting railroad track: components
- Greater flexibility and capability on-site with faster and safer operation for commonly needed tasks
Spreader Beam
- Designed to enhance the capabilities of other Cranemasters’ equipment
- More precise control during lifts
- Protects fragile structures like complex switch panels during lift and carry operations
- Faster installation of large and complex track structures
Traction Motor Cart
- Designed to enhance the capabilities of other Cranemasters’ equipment
- Allows accurate positioning of the angle of the traction motor for installation in the field
- Reduces change-out time
- Improves on safety during changeouts
- Works equally well in emergency and non-emergency changeouts
Standard Equipment
- 100 Ton Crawler Cranes with padded tracks and 140,000 lb line pull winch
- 150 ton HiRail cranes with heavy carry rail gear attachment capable of hirailing with load suspended off the rear. Jib attachment handy for setting signal bridges and other elevated structures.
- 125 and 130 ton Brute HiRail cranes
- Multiple other 100 and 110 ton HiRail cranes
- Rigging box trucks equipped with full array of rigging and blocking as well as center pins, adapters and other regularly needed items. Pull behind trailer with 150 ton HiRail and 100 ton crawler consists carry counterweights and spreader beams everywhere cranes mobilize to.
- Mobile traction motor drop tables with torque gun attachment
- Various spreader beams ranging from 10’ to 70’ with various attachments allowing multiple configurations for placing large, complex track structures
- Coil steel lifting attachments
- Caterpillar 325 series excavators with hydraulic thumb and hydraulic tamping head attachment
- Caterpillar M-322 series HiRail rubber tire excavators with the following attachments:
- Clamshell bucket
- Boom extension for bridge debris clearing
- Grapple head
- TinBin ballast vacuum
- Rotary drum Brush cutter
- John Deere 700 series bulldozers with laser capability
- Semi fleet with various specialty trailers
- HiRail pickup trucks equipped with auxiliary fuel tanks for fueling equipment
- HiRail inspection / Welding trucks
- HiRail Track Tool Vans with full hydraulic tool set, and stocked with array of track materials. Equipped portable HiRail hydraulic Power units, welder generators and pull behind trailers for backhoes.
- HiRail material handling trucks with grapple and clamshell attachments. Railcar couplers with air supply capabilities.
- HiRail rotary dump trucks
- Roll off trucks
- Backhoes with various buckets, hydraulic thumbs, quick interchange fork and 4 in 1 bucket attachments
- Broom attachment for backhoe
- Rubber tire wheel loaders
- Production tampers
- Spot tampers
- Ballast regulators
- Speedswing
- Tie exchangers
- Tie crane
- Spiker / Guagers
- Rail pullers
- Bolt Machines
- Spike pullers
- Tie drills
- Thermit welding tool trailers
- 500 gallon fuel tanks with electric pump
- Railcar movers
- Ballast car
- Flatcars
- Prime movers
- HiRail lowboy trailer
- Load adjustment tool trailers equipped with welder, tools and materials for performing load adjustments
- Forklifts with paper clamp, slip sheet, bale clamp, baseloid and other attachments
- Telescopic “telehandler” forklifts
- Material handling conveyors
- Railcar repair service trucks
- Railcar jacks
- Air pack welders
- Air test devices
- Skid steer loaders with fork attachment
- Caterpillar 583 sidebooms
As a working team of rail equipment professionals, our catalog of equipment is too large to be listed comprehensively. We are continually adding and retiring equipment. Not every item listed here is available for immediate use nor is every item that we use listed here.
Let us handle the heavy-lifting
Cranemasters has a wealth of expertise in specialty crane design, fabrication, and rehabilitation.
Our designers and engineers understand the mechanics and physical characteristics associated with specialized cranes, lifting equipment, and custom attachments.
