I have two pair of the ECW Dahlman trucks to place under a pair
of Soo saw toothed box cars. I haven't assembled them yet since I
need to slightly modify the sideframes to match the Soo prototypes.
(Whod've thunk that the trucks could be just as big a project as the
rest of the car!)
Anyway, since I haven't glued them together yet, I have some
options. Do you use bearing inserts such as Tichy's, or just run the
axles in the styrene castings? I plan these to be running models,
not display pieces, so wear in the journals could be a problem.

Thanks in advance!
Phil Buchwald


--- In STMFC@..., "Garrett W. Rea" <Garrett.Rea@w...>
wrote:

There were actually two classes:

The FM-9s used Dahlman trucks, I used the ECW ones.


Good luck-

Garrett Rea
Nashville, TN










There is a builders photo of NC&StL at the RPI (pay) site

http://railroad.union.rpi.edu/rolling-stock/Flats/Flat-cars-

NC&StL-

like-

Tichy-28-cyc.jpg
that appears to show a cast sideframe truck with an interesting

spring

package (4 visible with the center 2 protruding more). I would
appreciate
any suggestions on the correct trucks to use on these models.

Thanks
Bruce

Bruce Smith
Auburn, AL





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