Buckeye Cushion Ride Trucks on Freight Cars
Again, these are PRR 2D-F24 Not 2D-F4. I cannot find a Diagram for these on the PRR Railfan.net website. They are Described as " Buckeye Cushion Ride"
I am Assuming that they were Not a Standard PRR Truck as the 2D-F8 and 2D-F12 was.
Eric
Richard Hendrickson’s various truck documents id’s the Bowser truck as 2D-F8.
From MRH
And his model truck document
Although you can note a variation in the contour of the top of the frame where the Bowser truck has a bump up that doesn’t appear in the prototype photo.
Plus the PRR used a variety of bolsters with the truck. Ted Cuotta discusses this truck in more detail on his blog post
Prototype Railroad Topics: The enigmatic PRR 2D-F8 truck (prototopics.blogspot.com)
According to Rob S’s PRR site, the 2D-F4 truck had a similar look with a different spring pack arrangement
Hope this helps.
Steve Hile
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2022 11:59 PM
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Assuming that we have established that the truck is a 2D-F4 is this the Bowser truck?
Bill Pardie
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From: Earl Tuson <etuson@...>
Date: 10/21/22 6:46 PM (GMT-10:00)
Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Buckeye Cushion Ride Trucks on Freight Cars
Tim,
That looks more like a 2D-F4 than a 2D-F8 to me.
Earl Tuson
That looks more like a 2D-F4 than a 2D-F8 to me.
Earl Tuson
Do you have a reference photo of the truck? This PFE reefer rides on 2DF8 trucks (as far as I know) and I've seen
more than one type of truck applied to X37b's.
On 10/20/2022 7:32 PM, erict1361@... wrote:
Would anyone know what other Railroads or Freight cars that used Buckeye Cushion Ride Trucks other than the PRR 2D-F24 (X37b, X38a) and N&W (B-5)?
Thanks,
Eric Thur
Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts
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