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John Nehrich <nehrij@...>
One of our members is assembling a bunch of the Stewart channel side
hoppers, and wanted to know what trucks to use. I found one picture where I think the car had Andrews, but it isn't clear, and one photo does not a roster make. Any information? - John |
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byronrose@...
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:19:59 -0500 "John Nehrich" <nehrij@...>
writes: One of our members is assembling a bunch of the Stewart channel sideJohn, One thing to keep in mind is that the Stewart kit is a poor representation of only the cars that WM rebuilt in 1952. The hoppers, end sills, ladders and other detail needs correcting. They really cannot pass for their older channel sides, unless one is modeling way, way off scale. FWIW, the couple of those cars still in service in Harrisburg are rolling on an AAR type cast sideframe truck, formerly known in the hobby as Bettendorf (ph?), a little town in Iowa. BSRose ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. |
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Richard Hendrickson
One of our members is assembling a bunch of the Stewart channel sideI have only one photo of a WM channel side car and it dates from ca. 1961, after Andrews trucks were banned in interchange, so it may have had Andrews trucks earlier in life. The trucks in the photo are AAR self-aligning spring-plankless with Barber lateral motion bolsters. Several mfrs. make representations of AAR self-aligning spring-plankless trucks in HO scal, the best probably being InterMountain's, but none of them have Barber later motion devices - though that's a rather subtle detail in 1:87 scale. With regard to the trucks on these cars earlier in their history, you might try Larry Kline, who models WM (though in O scale): <klinelarrydanajon@...> Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520 |
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Dana and Larry Kline <klinelarrydanajon@...>
<John Nehrich wrote:
One of our members is assembling a bunch of the Stewart channel side hoppers, and wanted to know what trucks to use. I found one picture where I think the car had Andrews, but it isn't clear, and one photo does not a roster make. Any information? - John> All of the 1947 and later photos I have of WM channel side hoppers show cast steel (Bettendorf) trucks of various types. Some photos show two different truck types on one car. Some of the 1916-17 Pullman hoppers that were converted to channel side cars in 1927-32 were built with Bettendorf T-section trucks and kept them after rebuilding. The latest photo I have of a car with Bettendorf T-section trucks is dated 1942. I also have one 1940 photo of a car with one cast steel truck and one Bettendorf T-section truck. Larry Kline |
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John Nehrich <nehrij@...>
Larry - thanks - John
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From: "Dana and Larry Kline" <klinelarrydanajon@...> To: <STMFC@...> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 4:35 PM Subject: [STMFC] Re: WM hopper trucks <John Nehrich wrote:I think the car had Andrews, but it isn't clear, and one photo does not acast steel (Bettendorf) trucks of various types. Some photos show twodifferent truck types on one car. Some of the 1916-17 Pullman hoppers that wereof a car with Bettendorf T-section trucks is dated 1942. I also have one1940 photo of a car with one cast steel truck and one Bettendorf T-sectiontruck.
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