Length is obviously not the only criterion for a sideframe, as the other dimensions are also a concern. I shall clearly need to dig out my drawings of the early boxcab diesels, but I don't think the more-familiar 60T versions had so long a one; perhaps you are thinking of the larger 100T ones?
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 07:33:44 -0500 > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Potential Ingersol Rand Boxcab kit > > 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 > [email protected] > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
