The Gantry Crane with the magnet attached.
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The Märklin 76500 Gantry Crane base.
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The Gantry Crane base is 14 mm high so I ramped up to the base rather than cut a hole to mount the base.
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The ramps leading up to the base.
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The ramps and the Crane base.
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The Märklin Gantry Crane bridge.
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The bridge..
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Note the rails on the bridge.
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The Gantry Crane mounted on the bridge.
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The Gantry Crane.
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The Gantry Crane.
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The Gantry Crane with the magnet attached. I placed building on top of the receiver. Note the railbus in front of the reciever as well. I assume the receiver is radio controlled.
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A few cranes in this picture.
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How many cranes do you see in this picture.
(Answer is 7.)
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The Gantry Crane with the magnet attached.
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One of the depressed carriers.
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The crate is about to be picked up.
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Ready to pick up a crate to load on depressed carrier car. The top of the crate is metallic so you can pick the up easily. .
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The crate attached to the magnet.
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The crane has lowered the crate. Note the Goliath with its boom raised.
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I contol the Goliath and the Roco crane behind it with a Daisy.
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The gantry crane with the Tragschnabelwagen - a heavy transformer transporter under the gantry crane bridge.
The gantry crane with the Tragschnabelwagen - a heavy transformer transporter under the gantry crane bridge.
A view of the receiver. For operation I placed it flat on the layout.
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The receiver in the flat position. I intend to put a building on top of it or put it in a building.
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The Märklin Gantry Crane wireless Controller. The left "stick" moves the crane along the bridge and raises and lowers the hook, and the left "stick" rotates the crane. The circular button with arrows in the upper left moves the crane along the base and there is a slider on the top right that sets the speed of the bridge's movement. The function button turns the cab light, the flood light which illuminates the base with a blue halogen-lamp-like glow, and the magnet if you attach it.
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This close-up view shows the F1 - F4 buttons needed if you connect the crane to an IB or 6021 for computer control. I don't intend to do that. The wireless mode works fine. You can't use both computer and wireless control.
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