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Looking for what I beleve to be 3D-P2 trucks, as used in the 1950s on the RPO car Robert Hannegan. I cant guarantee that designation on the trucks is correct, but it's what I can come up with looking...
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Bill,Look into Bethlehem Car Works "Kit Bits" area and scroll the truck section. P/N 123 is listed as a 3D-5P2 truck and George Pierson did a great article in the TKM last year about converting the...
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Well Dave it may well come down to using these trucks from BCW, but it isn't all that close for the Robert Hannegan. I have really never seen the trucks I am talking about, and not really anything...
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Hi Bill--My experience with the ECW trucks has been good as long as there are no defects in the parts. I found that to get them to roll well I had to use Kadee 36 inch wheel sets. These wheelsets...
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Bill,The article on the 3C-P1 truck is in the April 2005 Keystone Modeler. "Kitbashing a PRR 3C-P1 Passenger Truck in HO" by George Pierson. It certainly covers a bunch of 70' headend cars and it is...
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Looks like something will wind up being "close enough for gummint work" as far as the Hannegan trucks. Guess it's foolish to obsess. Bearing covers eh? OK. They could be cannister vacuum cleaners for...
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Dave and all...there was recently what I think was a brass B70 on Ebay. I didn't see any description of the car as such, and didn't notice any manufacturer. The pix posted of the brass car were not...
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