When you say ASF, do mean the Allied trucks? ASF made some "Ride Contol" trucks which are a variation of the original Bettendorf trucks, but had a very good reception from the railroads. PRS included the ASF ride control trucks with their reefer kits. Just trying to "get the facts, mr."
Have fun! Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: vito4cal To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 7:47 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} FDF - SP Express Box Cars --- In [email protected], "Scale S Only" <scaleso...@...> wrote: > > Hey John --- > > Nice job! I started looking before reading all the way through and noticed > the two different kinds of trucks. Did you do research to see if those car > numbers went with those particular trucks, or did you do as I would do and > wing it? ================================================================= Bill: I always research and try to match the prototype if I can. If I cannot, then wing it is! :-) According to the SP modeler's bible, SP Freight Cars, Vol. 4, there were 50 of these cars delivered in express green and they had ASF trucks. When SP pulled the AFC trucks from its cabooses, 20 of these cars received these trucks. Some of these cars later received the GSC trucks. I am not sure if SP completely replaced AFC trucks at the time they began installing the GSC trucks. I have only found two pictures #5700 which has ASF trucks and #5740 which has GSC trucks. So I am winging it. Cheers, ~ John [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/
