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Well, I don't know anything about Crown trucks, and don't claim to, but my impression is: The caption of the 5'-6" wheelbase truck is in error, and it's really a fifty ton truck. As to the 5'-10"

I have completed the build of a Sunshine Models Southern Pacific (SP) single-sheathed rebuilt boxcar 32620 with “Pratt” truss design and Hutchins roof. If you are interested in the build of this

Dennis: Yes, my understanding is that the PRR Crown trucks, both 70- and 100-ton, had 5-10 wheelbases. See attached PRR table, notably the 2E-F2 and 2F-F1 trucks. (and apologies to whomever's

Can't stop beating this horse while it's still twitching :-) I was curious what my source material for our Andrews truck was, and since the Hathi Trust now has the 1919 CBC on line, I found the

The discussion last week on the Northern Pacific 10000 series box cars inspired to go to my pipeline and look at my half finished Sunshone kit. I forget just why it fell on my priorityg list but I

The brake wheel on the foreground flat car looks like some of those on my models that have experienced rough handling by fellow club members or if they were inadvertently bumped during assembly before

Guys; I agree it is tough to tell. The attached is one of the HD “Crown” Andrews-type used on the PRR, and the 70-ton and 100-ton are almost indistinguishable. The Bowser Crown would be a

Dave Parker wrote: As Richard Hendrickson frequently observed, each truck maker had an individual tweak on sideframe shape(s) in various areas of the part. That's one reason that the old

Ron: I can read the road's initials in my hard-copy of the 1931 CBC: "PA.A.&Mc.R.R.R." = Pittsburgh Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad. Apparently a 25-mi switching line serving the McKee's

When I looked closer at the 100-ton Buckeye, it's apparent that the cast brackets for the clasp brake hangers are actually separate castings. They appear to be fastened to the truck frames by the

OK, a few nuggets of (perhaps) interest: Along the way, we have touched on the 70-ton PRR 2E-F2 Crown and the corresponding USRA Andrews. This is a comparison that put together a year or two ago: I

Dave is correct, the Accurail Andrews truck is the 70 ton version, as our basic truck mold has the scale 5'-8" axle spacing. I just looked through our files this morning but couldn't find any

Photo: SP Yard An undated photo from the Huntington Library: https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p16003coll2/id/21896/rec/638 This photo can be enlarged quite a bit. This photo shows a

Guys; Lukens was a big manufacturer of tank heads, and RRs serving them often had dedicated cars to serve that diagonal loading requirement. RDG also had diagonal loader gons. Even though PRR

Ya know, as soon as I sent that, I knew it wasn't quite right. The Accurail has the longer wheelbase, and I think the larger spring box, but I don't believe the truss members are as heavy-duty as on

The Accurail Andrews is based (quite accurately) on the USRA 70-ton truck, right down to the 5-8 wheelbase. They usually don't look that large to my eye unless I put them right next to a 40- or 50-ton

Thanks! Absolutely bagged cement…Dummy me…I think the date was 55? Clark Propst Sent from Mail for Windows 10

In sorting through all my stash of trucks, I came across a pair Accurail Andrews (#203 w/metal wheels) trucks that are probably 70 ton but are like size gargantuan compared to Tichy and TMW Andrews

must have been bagged cement.