Hi-

I have thought that the TMW Dalman 2-level would be a good start, as the side frame has a wide spring area, which the Chrysler trucks also feature.

I have not gone that far yet in testing this kitbash.

-Andy Carlson

Ojai CA

On Saturday, February 23, 2019, 5:36:08 PM PST, Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:

Ed

There is no "correct" truck for the Chrysler sideframe. Just use one
that looks close.


On 2/23/2019 6:26 PM, spsalso via Groups.Io wrote:
> I've received my parts for the Chrysler truck conversion.  The part
> includes the shock absorber and two of the truck springs.  It's
> obvious that the part slides into a newly created void in the truck.
>  My question is:  Which truck?
>
> I'd prefer not to guess.  I assume the part was designed to fit a
> particular model.  So I'm asking which one.
>
> Edward Sutorik


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*Tim O'Connor*
*Sterling, Massachusetts*

From: Garth Groff <sarahsan@...>

Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2019, 4:50:18 AM PST

That truck looks to me to be a standard Chrysler truck. It has nothing which would appear to make it an ASF A-3. A quick A-3 spotting point is the spring retaining base area of the side frame casting. It is very pronounced and extends outwards in a circular arch. This is what makes ID'ing Barber S-2s and ASF A-3s simpler for us modelers (Thanks Brian Leppert for this suggestion). This truck is at the Portola, CA WP museum up in the Sierra Mountains.

-Andy Carlson

Ojai CA

Box Cars 19551-19560 Diagram Western Pacific diagram of box cars 19551-19560

In 1952 the WP pulled 22 more cars at random from their regular PS-1s and had Pullman rebuild them with Compartmentizers. They returned as 19521-19542, and all but one were on Chrysler trucks (19537 had Timken roller bearings in what appears to be standard ASF A-3 frames with the journal box lids removed; it was a test car and show-boat that was displayed at the state fair with the famous "Roller Freight" herald). At least one of these survived in MW service into the 1980s on Chrysler trucks, though without the snubbers. Since I am just savvy enough to be able to tell an arch-bar from a roller bearing truck,

..................you tell me **********

if that is an ASF A-3 frame in the attached photo. If it is an ASF A-3, then these trucks were available with other than Dalman sideframes.   **************

Yours Aye,
Garth Groff

On Feb 24, 2019, at 2:06 PM, WILLIAM PARDIE <PARDIEW001@...> wrote:

I have to admit that I have not followed this thread very closely.. This morning, however, something rang a bell. A Cardinal Rule that I adopted years ago in this hobby is that if you come across sometrhing you might remotely need in the future buy it and tuck it away, because when you decide you want it it, will be long gone. Such is the case with a pair of brass Chrysler trucks that I bought on E-bay a few years ago. Subsequest to reading this thread this morning I got the trucks out. THEY ARE EXQUISITE. I don’t know who the importer was or what car they might have come under. The trucks have code 88 wheel sets and the brake rigging is the most complete that I have seen on an HO truck.

Now, what to do with them. I seem to recall that they were used under some PFE refers. My modeling interest is the Southern Pacific between 1946 and 1956. Only suggestions on how I might put them to use?

Bill Pardie

I have to admit that I have not followed this thread very closely.. This morning, however, something rang a bell. A Cardinal Rule that I adopted years ago in this hobby is that if you come across sometrhing you might remotely need in the future buy it and tuck it away, because when you decide you want it it, will be long gone. Such is the case with a pair of brass Chrysler trucks that I bought on E-bay a few years ago. Subsequest to reading this thread this morning I got the trucks out. THEY ARE EXQUISITE. I don’t know who the importer was or what car they might have come under. The trucks have code 88 wheel sets and the brake rigging is the most complete that I have seen on an HO truck.

Now, what to do with them. I seem to recall that they were used under some PFE refers. My modeling interest is the Southern Pacific between 1946 and 1956. Only suggestions on how I might put them to use?

Bill Pardie