I cut the lettering into the sideframe cavities the same way i cut the sideframe cavities themselves. I had a bench top CNC milling machine and except for two store-bought ball end mills made all my o

If the side frame was cast by Bettendorf, then it might have that raised lettering. Attached are two photos of a Bettendorf caboose truck under a Santa Fe caboose at the Orange Empire RR Museum it sou

D&RGW stock car #39210 is on display at the Depot Park Museum in Sonoma, CA. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

That car's end looks like it has a 6-5-5 rib pattern, one too many for USRA. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

Since our Group has been discussing North Western green and yellow reefers I thought this is a good opportunity to share two Pacific Car & Foundry photos I bought awhile back at O Scale West. Photogra

#10 Ajax #12 Equipo #13 Miner #14 Klasing As for vintage, they may be beyond our interest. Tooling done by Grandt for Detail Associates, sold by both DA and Grandt Line. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

B&O #374065, class M-15n is on display at the Illinois Railway Museum, Photos are on their website. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

try Tahoe Model Works 114/214. Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works Carson City, NV

I would question one item for 1957. "Trucks w / intergrally-cast journal boxes required in interchange." If so, how does one explain roller bearing trucks? Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

Two more photos of Symington's later design 50-ton Double Truss truck. At the Western Pacific RR Museum. Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works.

And two photos of Symington's 70-ton original Double Truss truck at the same museum. The original spring group has been replaced. Brian Leppert

Here's two photos of Symington's original Double Truss design under a Western Pacific 50-ton flat car at the Western Pacific RR Museum in Portola, CA.

To Tim O'Connor and Todd Sullivan: you guys got it wrong. You're confusing U-section side frame trucks with "Double Truss". "Double Truss" was a term created by The Symington Co. to call their unique

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Tim, No. There is confusion in our hobby over the term "double truss". I don't know how able I am to describe this, but here goes. It may have been Richard Hendrickson in his early articles on freight

Elsewhere on the B-50-27 diagram sheet is "wt. of each trk. double truss with spring plank". That would match Tangent's ASF 50-ton truck with spring plank. Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works Carson City,

Here's the attachment. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

Ken, Freight Cars Journal #19/20 has no mention of Northampton and Bath. Attached is list of FCJ issues.

I have to go by what I've observed in SP freight car photos, mostly in Tony's books. 50-ton T-section trucks after 1950 are extremely rare on the SP . Trucks with T-section side frames had their side

Lester, I don't have that book, but did photograph a 3M single sheathed box car in southern California, sitting on the ground without trucks. It looked just like Speedwitch's kit K-111 Pere Marquette