Ah, the Black Widow, as she was known. This crane has been responsible for several deaths during its life, and is now thankfully scrapped. I too was interested in this crane after hearing about its history.
Yes, this is the crane in the infamous RBMN tip over. From what I heard from someone who knew the operator, the crane was rerailing some derailed gondolas on a rainy day. Something happened when rerailing the last gondola, and the three people who were working got together and talked for about an hour about how to fix the problem. During this time the gondola was filling up with water. The three crew went back to their positions. As the operator went to pull himself back onto the crane, the act of him pulling on the handrails tipped the crane over on top of him, killing him instantly. The crane then sat in Cressona yard for about a year, until one day the railroad got reports that their crane was running. The crane, which had been sitting for about a year, had started up on its own, and was sitting there idling in the yard. Not soon after it was sent out to some yard where it sat until it got the torch. During that particular accident, the outriggers were not properly extended, which was one of the causes of the tip over.
I have also heard about an incident where the cranes cable snapped, and wrapped around the operator, as well as one where it dropped a car on top of someone. The crane earned the name the Black Widow, or Widowmaker because of its habit of killing people.
I was actually asking about her in this thread.
http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopi ... 89&t=57282
Here are a few pics that were posted.
Any more info that people have on the crane would be greatly appreciated.