On Dec 8, 2005, at 11:57 AM, Rollain Mercier wrote: > and he notes - > > Don't blame Athearn for the error in the Blomberg trucks - they > weren't > alone. Both they and MR took the shape from EMD's erection drawings > which > were not meant for scale modeling. Model Railroader's early plans > for F and > GP units had the error as well as a number of manufacturers including > Athearn's models. Varney also used the incorrect drawing for their > F unit > trucks and Dayton had the error in their S Gauge F unit trucks (so > did GMC, > later All Nation in 0 Gauge). > > If I recall the story correctly, it was Lev Kemalayan (Kemtron) who > noticed > the error when making truck patterns for their 0 Gauge Geeps. By then > Athearn had tons of stuff already made and tooling costs didn't > warrant the > change until the dies had to be replaced. > > It's interesting that AF used the general shape in their F unit > trucks but > Enhorning didn't. John Enhorning was an engineer who worked for one > of the > freight car truck manufacturers and obtained the correct drawings > from EMD > (or General Steel Castings who made the truck frames). >
Beg to differ with you General steel casting did not do EMD F trucks. They were cast by LMF in Atchinson KS. I was also told they were LMF design and EMD just bought them for use. > The S Gauge F units were supposed to be desk top display models for > EMD's Thank you Larry Jackman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL; to reply to the sender, use REPLY. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list (remember to edit the SUBJECT of your message). To use our CALENDAR or LINKS, change message settings, 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/
