--- In [email protected], "ed_loizeaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I cannot identify the sideframes. At first glance, I thought maybe
> Enhorning, but upon closer examination, I do not believe that to be
> the case. But they are darn similar. I might conjecture that
> someone used Enhorning sideframes as the pattern for the sideframes
> you are using. Are they soft white metal? Zamac? Pewter?
>
> However, I do have something that might be helpful if you really
> crave spring-loaded sideframes with working brass journal boxes. I
> have some genuine Enhorning F-unit sideframes with machined brass
> journal boxes and springs, etc. that really slide up&down smoothly.
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I have two sets of brass EMD sideframes that came with a power unit I
bought some years ago from Charlie Sandersfield (sp?, who was doing so
much for S before he passed away, for a Wabash Valley (ex-Enhorning)
body shell.
These, however, have holes behind the journals for brass bearings,
although the axles in the power unit did not protrude into them. They
also had a screw mount hole for use with American Models power trucks,
but they took careful mounting to prevent shorting problems. I have
since replaced them with ABS sideframes from AM. I later traded the
power unit for an AM unit.
Doesn't BTS still offer brass EMD sideframes?
I, too, have a set of the Enhorning sprung journal boxes. The
superiority in tracking ability, traction and electrical pickup of a
sprung and equalized, or at least equalized, power truck over a rigid
one is almost beyond comprehension.
Bob Nicholson
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