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Common frt car trucks 1950s?

Brian Chapman <cornbeltroute@...>
 

Wonder if someone might know what the most common freight car trucks were in use during the 1950s (and into the '60s) - type, wheelbase, manufacturers?

Thanks much,

Brian

Brian Chapman
Evansdale, Iowa

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Richard Hendrickson
 

On May 8, 2009, at 12:30 PM, Brian Chapman wrote:

Wonder if someone might know what the most common freight car
trucks were in use during the 1950s (and into the '60s) - type,
wheelbase, manufacturers?



The most common trucks in the 1950s were plain journal ASF A-3 Ride
Control and Barber Stabilized S-2. There were numerous others, but
those two were by far the most widely used until the adoption ca.
1960 of roller bearing trucks. Wheelbase was 5'6" on 50 ton trucks,
5'8" on many 70 ton trucks. The ASF A-3 design was developed by
American Steel Foundries and the Barber S-2 originated with the
Standard Car Truck Co., but both designs were licensed to a number of
other manufacturers.


Richard Hendrickson
hummerdaves
 

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On May 8, 2009, at 12:30 PM, Brian Chapman wrote:

Wonder if someone might know what the most common freight car
trucks were in use during the 1950s (and into the '60s) - type,
wheelbase, manufacturers?



The most common trucks in the 1950s were plain journal ASF A-3 Ride
Control and Barber Stabilized S-2.
Wheelbase was 5'6" on 50 ton trucks,
5'8" on many 70 ton trucks. The ASF A-3 design was developed by
American Steel Foundries and the Barber S-2 originated with the
Standard Car Truck Co., but both designs were licensed to a number of
other manufacturers.


Richard Hendrickson

Mr Hendrickson, would there be a source for photos of these trucks?
Not being that knowledgeable with what they look like it would help in locating additional photos and the trucks in H.O scale.
Regards
Dave S.
Dick
 

Try the below site. It gives a lot of info.

_http://www.trains.com/mrr/objects/pdf/mr_pi_5-06_freightcartrucks.pdf_
(http://www.trains.com/mrr/objects/pdf/mr_pi_5-06_freightcartrucks.pdf)

Dick
Clarence, NY

In a message dated 5/10/2009 11:18:16 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
wark.john@... writes:





Dave,

Here are a couple of sources of photos...

the first link is to a Jeff Wilson article available as a PDF from the
Model
Railroader site that has an overview of freight car trucks and some good
photos...

www.trains.com/www.trains.cwww.trainswww.trains.com/www.trains.

this second link is to a photo archive of nothing but photos of different
types of freight car trucks. After reading Wilson's article you can
probably figure out how to decode the labels on most of the trucks...

_http://www.pbase.http://www.pbahttp://www.phttp:/_
(http://www.pbase.com/lumixfz30/freight_car_trucks)

Both of these links popped up in the first few answers to a Google search
for "freight car trucks".

Hope this helps.

John Wark

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Dave Schroedle <_hummerdaves@hummerdav_
(mailto:hummerdaves@...) >wrote:



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<STMFC%40yahoogroupSTMFC>, Richard
Hendrickson <rhendrickson@rhe> wrote:

On May 8, 2009, at 12:30 PM, Brian Chapman wrote:

Wonder if someone might know what the most common freight car
trucks were in use during the 1950s (and into the '60s) - type,
wheelbase, manufacturers?
>

The most common trucks in the 1950s were plain journal ASF A-3 Ride
Control and Barber Stabilized S-2.
> Wheelbase was 5'6" on 50 ton trucks,
5'8" on many 70 ton trucks. The ASF A-3 design was developed by
American Steel Foundries and the Barber S-2 originated with the
Standard Car Truck Co., but both designs were licensed to a number of
other manufacturers.


Richard Hendrickson

Mr Hendrickson, would there be a source for photos of these trucks?
Not being that knowledgeable with what they look like it would help in
locating additional photos and the trucks in H.O scale.

.


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--- In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@> wrote:

On May 8, 2009, at 12:30 PM, Brian Chapman wrote:

Wonder if someone might know what the most common freight car
trucks were in use during the 1950s (and into the '60s) - type,
wheelbase, manufacturers?
The most common trucks in the 1950s were plain journal ASF A-3 Ride
Control and Barber Stabilized S-2.
Wheelbase was 5'6" on 50 ton trucks,
5'8" on many 70 ton trucks. The ASF A-3 design was developed by
American Steel Foundries and the Barber S-2 originated with the
Standard Car Truck Co., but both designs were licensed to a number of
other manufacturers.


Richard Hendrickson

Mr Hendrickson, would there be a source for photos of these trucks?
Not being that knowledgeable with what they look like it would help in locating additional photos and the trucks in H.O scale.
Regards
Dave S.

Dave: If you don't mind a reply from me instead of Richard, try going to the Walthers website, advanced search, HO, trucks and couplers. There you will find lots of trucks, some precisely labelled and some less so. In the search terms enter the name of the truck you are searching for. No brand name is neccessary. Many of them are illustrated with photographs.

Stephan Parachuk
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John Wark
 

Dave,

Here are a couple of sources of photos...

the first link is to a Jeff Wilson article available as a PDF from the Model
Railroader site that has an overview of freight car trucks and some good
photos...

www.trains.com/mrr/objects/pdf/mr_pi_5-06_*freightcartrucks*.pdf

this second link is to a photo archive of nothing but photos of different
types of freight car trucks. After reading Wilson's article you can
probably figure out how to decode the labels on most of the trucks...

http://www.pbase.com/lumixfz30/freight_car_trucks

Both of these links popped up in the first few answers to a Google search
for "freight car trucks".

Hope this helps.

John Wark

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Dave Schroedle <hummerdaves@...>wrote:



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Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote:

On May 8, 2009, at 12:30 PM, Brian Chapman wrote:

Wonder if someone might know what the most common freight car
trucks were in use during the 1950s (and into the '60s) - type,
wheelbase, manufacturers?



The most common trucks in the 1950s were plain journal ASF A-3 Ride
Control and Barber Stabilized S-2.
Wheelbase was 5'6" on 50 ton trucks,
5'8" on many 70 ton trucks. The ASF A-3 design was developed by
American Steel Foundries and the Barber S-2 originated with the
Standard Car Truck Co., but both designs were licensed to a number of
other manufacturers.


Richard Hendrickson

Mr Hendrickson, would there be a source for photos of these trucks?
Not being that knowledgeable with what they look like it would help in
locating additional photos and the trucks in H.O scale.

.
Don Burn
 

Check out the May 2004 RMC, Ted Cullotta had a very good catalog of HO freight car trucks and who had at that time the best models of them. This was a side bar to his Essential Freight Cars article.

Don Burn


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hummerdaves
 

--- In STMFC@..., "Dave Schroedle" <hummerdaves@...> wrote:
Gentleman Thank You for your answers to my question on the trucks, I now
have a reference folder that will only expand.
Thanks again
Dave S.
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