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Richard Wilkens
Here is another refrigerator car, SLRX 4216 at Terminal Island in Los Angeles in April 1958. What type of trucks are these?
Richard Wilkens
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brianleppert@att.net
Those are National Type B. Originally offered by Proto2000 in HO. Now sold by Walthers and mislabeled as a National B-1.
Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works Carson City, NV
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Todd Sullivan
The trucks are National B-1.
Todd Sullivan
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brianleppert@att.net
Attached is a National Malleable and Steel Castings Co. ad from the Aug. 30, 1941 Railway Age, showing both their B and B-1 trucks. A noticeable difference between the two are the bolster ends. Also the springs on the earlier B truck were larger diameter than usual and as the capacity increased so did their diameters, but the wheelbase stayed the same.
P2K/Walthers offers the B truck, while Athearn and Kadee sell the B-1 truck. This afternoon I tried downloading this scan into both Files and Photos, but neither would accept new additions. If interest in seeing it, just contact me off-list at brianleppert at att dot net.
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Jon Miller
On 5/31/2020 5:23 PM,
brianleppert@... wrote:
Athearn and Kadee sell the B-1 truck. I looked up the Athearn
B-1. They want $23 for 2 pair, this seems really high! -- Jon Miller For me time stopped in 1941 Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI User SPROG User NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS
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Nelson Moyer
Walthers and Kadee also make them. I’ve used Walthers.
Nelson Moyer
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On 5/31/2020 5:23 PM, brianleppert@... wrote:
I looked up the Athearn B-1. They want $23 for 2 pair, this seems really high! -- Jon Miller For me time stopped in 1941 Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI User SPROG User NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS
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Scott
What kind of roof is that? It looks kind of like it has two raised parts for each section. Diagonal panel perhaps?
Scott McDonald
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Todd Actually those are National Type B trucks - the original design. The B-1 is slightly different.
On 5/31/2020 7:42 PM, Todd Sullivan via groups.io wrote:
The trucks are National B-1. --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Can someone post side-by-side pictures of the National Type B and Type B-1 trucks? Pointing out the differences would be helpful, also.
Thank you. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Brian did that yesterday in this thread.
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Brian J. Carlson
On Jun 1, 2020, at 2:41 PM, Bob Chaparro via groups.io <chiefbobbb@...> wrote:
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Here you go
Can someone post side-by-side pictures of the National Type B and Type B-1 trucks? Pointing out the differences would be helpful, also. --
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Todd Sullivan
Tim,
Thanks for the correction! I learned the difference from Brian Lippert's post of the National advt shortly after I made my post. Todd Sullivan
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