Bucyrus Model 50B Steam Shovel – Western Mining History
The only Bucyrus model 50B still existing, this 1923 steam shovel weighs 130,000 pounds and is rated at 75 tons. 534 Bucyrus and BucyrusErie 50B shovels were built between 1923 and 1939. They were amond the largest tracked steam shovels in the world at that time. Until 1932 most were steam powered and moved on railroad tracks.