Check BTS for PRR style passenger trucks in brass. These appear the same as on my brass express reefer from Southwind.
Larry Larry Langford Foamex International JDE Implementation 610-859-3194 (Linwood) - 731-414-8142 (Cell) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [S-Scale Modeling] Re: Trucks for express reefers..... I have a Huff-n-Puff (former Mainline Models) REA express reefer that I used the AM passenger trucks on. It looks ok, especially after I put 33 inch friengt car wheels in place of the 36 inch passenger wheels (yes, it's a very small difference, but seems to help and is correct for express reefers). I also built up my own bolsters out of wood and styrene sheet to get the coupler height correct, the suppied cast parts left the car towering in the air like it was on stilts. Most REA cars seem to have cast sideframe trucks very similar in apperance to PRR passenger trucks except the large block above the springs on the PRR trucks is not there on the express car trucks. 'S'cenery Unlimited had the PRR trucks, they included a pair with one of their wood sided passenger car kits I got years ago! I'll probably use those inplace of the AM trucks on the express car eventually (and put the AM truck on the passenger car). In any case, there are drawings of a "standard" General American built express reefer, including the trucks, in the April 1986 Mainline Modeler. The trucks have an 8 foot wheelbase. Pieter --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Edward Loizeaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "David Engle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: trucks for express refrigerator cars > >the SSLS tender trucks I suggest are actually too long, > > I ain't no expert, but I believe that tender trucks are designed for > much heavier loads than express reefer trucks. Thus, the typical tender > truck sideframe has FOUR coil springs plus one leaf spring whereas the > typical express reefer truck sideframe has TWO coil springs plus one > leaf spring. Or something like that. If you use a tender truck under > an express reefer, some of your friends might laugh at you. > > By the way, I do have some of the "correct" express reefer trucks and > can spare some. How much are they worth? These are "S"cenery Unlimited > white metal castings with scale wheelsets. > > Cheers...Ed L. Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
