shortliner Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Oh, dear! http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=41375 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 1, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2013 Braked a bit too hard? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Well at least we know the tankers are strong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_2007 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 So this new design is it to make it easer to unload the hopper? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I take it the trucks aren't attached Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corax67 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Going to be tricky getting that under a bridge or tunnel. Would be fun to model though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof Klyzlr Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Dear Tim, I take it the trucks aren't attached No, the vast majority of railcar trucks are not "bolted on", the body literally just sits on the trucks under it's own weight... EG http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/6/3/0/3630.1314459746.jpg Happy Modelling,Aim to Improve,Prof Klyzlr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Not sure that was what they meant by Center-flo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Dear Tim, No, the vast majority of railcar trucks are not "bolted on", the body literally just sits on the trucks under it's own weight... EG http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/6/3/0/3630.1314459746.jpg Happy Modelling, Aim to Improve, Prof Klyzlr Notice the scale Kadee coupler spring lying between the rails.....??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
highpeak Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Dear Tim, No, the vast majority of railcar trucks are not "bolted on", the body literally just sits on the trucks under it's own weight... EG http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/6/3/0/3630.1314459746.jpg Happy Modelling,Aim to Improve,Prof Klyzlr I remember many moons ago re-railing a Hudson & Manhattan car at the local trolley museum. The power truck had split a switch. We had no jacks that could lift the truck and the car together so we decided we would jack the car body up to take the weight off the truck, being careful not to jack so high that the king pin cleared the truck bolster (health and safety types should probably not be reading this) so that if one of the jacks supporting the car failed, the body would just fall back into place. With the weight of the car off the truck, we would then be able to jack the truck up the three or four inches necessary and slide it back on the rails. There were just two of us involved in this escapade on a very hot summer day, assisted by about a thousand assorted flies. It took us most of that day and we were exhausted at the end of it. At one point we discovered in shock that the kingpin was nowhere near as long as we believed it to be and the only thing supporting the car was the jacks. Given that the jacks were sitting in the dirt, there was a good chance of the whole thing going sideways. Badly shaken, we had to very gently but quickly lower the car body a few clicks on the jacks. Looking back, it probably wasn't the best plan in the world, but when all you have is a few jacks (I think the maximum lift capacity was about 20 tons), some tie plates, assorted pieces of timber and a big tub of grease, you sometimes have to have a bit of faith. If the truck had been attached to the car I have no idea what we would have done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Notice the scale Kadee coupler spring lying between the rails.....??? I thought that it was found 2 miles away under the carpet in a modellers workshop? Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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