Modern Freight Car Trucks

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FEATURES:

  • Double row needle bearings
  • Primed and painted surfaces
  • Snap-together assembly design
  • Triangular hex-bolt axle design, formed at axle ends
  • Optional greasable axles (Arizona Axles)
  • 6 count spring pack at each sideframe
  • four different spring weights

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 Scale: 1.6 inches equals one foot
Material: Ductile Iron
Weights 70 pounds per pair
Dimensions:
  • Top of bolster to top of rail 3 9/16"
  • Overall width 13 1/4"
  • Overall length (flanges included) 14 1/2"
  • Overall height (flanges included) 5.175"
  • Stock diameter of axles 1.125"
  • Wheel diameter 4.800" (36" prototype)
  • Wheel width
Wheels: Stock wheels are steel, contoured to IBLS standards adding my own personal finishes.
Flexibility: The rise of one wheel a rest is 1/4"
Load Capacities:
  • standard 750 lb GVW (gray springs)
  • optional 1000 lb GVW (beige springs)
  • optional 1500 lb GVW (purple springs)
  • optional 200 lb GVW (stainless steel springs)

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Grease Fittings Swing Bolsters
 
Modern Freight Car Trucks are available with optional Grease Fittings (one per journal) Modern Freight Car Trucks are now available with optional Swing Bolster Design.

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