Jace;
Your doubts are incorrect.
The boxcabs used an 8' version of that frame.  Q-Car makes a 78"  
version used under GE 30 ton locos.  Works out to 8.66 feet.  What we  
need is a 72" in O scale.  Or a correct 96" one in S.  BTW; the one  
for the 50/60 ton steeple cabs is too short at only 84".
TCC:}




On Sep 4, 2010, at 5:05 PM, JGG KahnSr wrote:

>
> I rather doubt it, as GE and Alco (later GE alone) built the  
> sideframes for the steeplecabs and boxcab electric locomotives on  
> which the first diesel switchers were based, so the
> Q-Car shorter GE locomotive sideframe (or Wagner/Current Line  
> equivalent) would be correct for an O scale model but 25% too large  
> for an S scale one.  Didn't someone produce an S scale steeplecab  
> sideframe?  Hoquat to go with his steeplecab or Flatt?
>
> Jace Kahn
> General Manager
> Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
>
>
>>
>> Another possibility would Q Car company traction side frames in O.  
>> They have a couple of Alco designs that look very similar to the  
>> boxcab trucks. Since trolley trucks are smaller, they might work  
>> out ok. Q Car Company has a web site.

Talmadge C 'TC' Carr
Sn42 and Hn42 somewhere in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest
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