Re: Type C/UP trucks

Posted by Jim Courtney on May 07, 2021; 4:18pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Type-C-UP-trucks-tp15497p16611.html

Yep, I figured printing (casting?) trucks in brass would be pricy.

I can see how I could drill and tap a hole in the bottom of the plastic bolster for a small metric screw and mount a piece of PCB, with attached phosphor bronze wire pickups from the wheels and a lead from truck to tender frame.

One other thought, the brake beams/shoes seem to be a bit low, the bottom of the brake shoes almost touching the rail--would raise them to as close to horizontal as possible.

Pardon my enthusiasm but these are going to be great!!



As an aside, C&S number 4, rebuilt in the summer of 1900, seemed to have tried out every type of C&S truck on its tender:




Shortly after leaving the C&S shops, the tender seems to be rolling on Peninsular style 20 ton trucks. The tender is also longer than the standard Cooke tender of the era, perhaps from one of the larger 2-8-0s or a copy of one. And there is another mystery stock car for Chris . . .