Specialized Rail Gear from a Grove TM880

Grove TM880 HI Rail Gear
 
	
Consists of a front dolly and a rear drive
	
Pony motor drives
	
Converted to hydraulic
	
Has a pin bowl (pictured), smaller than that of a railcar
	
AUS (fabrication company) built custom nipples to fit in the pin bowl (similar design to a railcar)
	
They had the capacity to move a 120,000 pound crane on rail PULLING a gondola up an 8% GRADE