Keith, That's a common problem in mounting three axle trucks in the center.
In the old days Central Valley had a snap-in bolster that I used on a couple of 6 wheel truck passenger cars. It was essentially a screw with a snap on the end of it and a nut to tighten it down to the centered truck mounting hole. You assembled the trucks after putting in the screw. The car bolster had the snap receiver in the middle. It was easy to snap the truck on and off. Heavy Duty snaps of various kinds could probably be adapted to use in mounting trucks this way. If I knew where the cars were in all my boxes I would post a picture. In the old days when NASG was testing the new standards, Tom Beresford sent around a couple of cars to be tested on various layouts. I was surprised to see the 4 wheel trucks were mounted as you stated, with a pin. The car was easy to pick up but hard to line up to put back on the tracks. I've recently been dabbling in 1/8 scale railroading and many of the cars have no pins to keep the trucks on if the car is lifted/derailed. The cars are heavy enough to make aligning and remounting of the car to the trucks a challenge. Billy Click On Dec 6, 2012, at 2:42 PM, kbt000 wrote: > I've posted a photo of a Bill Lane's resin F33 under construction at: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/album/1244646779/pic/1694167727/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc > > I am in a bit of a quandary. I have a set the recommended trucks from SSL&S > and I am not sure how to mount them. It doesn't seem possible to use a > mounting screw from the bottom as the middle axle is in the way. I could > mount the unassembled truck base and then attach the side frames and wheels > after-the-fact but that seems a royal pain at best. I also can't screw down > from the top for obvious reasons. > > I was thinking of just gluing a pin in the bottom of the car and let it float > on the trucks. That would give the first person who picks it up a surprise. :) > > Any suggestions? > > Keith Thompson > >
