Did anybody ever put AF tinplate 6-wheel trucks on a New Haven car? Seems like it would be an interesting variation.
boB Nicholson ______________________________________________- --- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote: > > 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 > PhotoTraxx > > > 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 > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
