Bob, ( Mr. Hogan that is) I was aware that the BB trucks were different
than the AM style, but it too was a fairly widely used truck. If I was
building some passenger cars I would accept them until something better
came along. I'm certainly no expert on passenger car equipment, but it
seems to me that Larry Jackman stated that the BB truck would be correct
for many of the original AM/ACF cars--was he correct?
I do remember seeing freight car trucks under the AF New Haven cars and
then they put their streamlined trucks under their 1860's passenger cars
too.
Then again I understand that River Raisin was working on a SP/UP style
truck that I might be interested in.
Bob Werre
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Bob...
The "Budd Buddy" truck is a totally different truck with more limited
application. We just had this discussion on the list two months ago
(or so).
Either version of the AM trucks are 41-N-11, the most common and most
used passenger truck. With the BTS brake cylinders and slack adjusters
added, either version makes a good representation of the 41-N-11
truck. The sprung version we were talking about is the better looking
and better tracking of the two. It also reproduces the shock absorber.
BUDD, Pullman-Standard and ACF all used the 41-N-11 truck on their
cars, depending on the road.
Ron mis-labels these as "Commonwealth" trucks. Others call them "BUDD"
trucks. Neither name is correct. We need to use the Pullman
designation, per above.
Ron is going to re-run them. If he sees that the current demand is
strong, that might force him to do it sooner rather than later. It's
all economics.
Bob Hogan
