Originally Posted by PaperTRW:
Originally Posted by Chuck Sartor:
The first mention of Delrin use by Lionel was the 1960 catalog in their HO section for couplers and bearing clips.
While I couldn't find the reference you mentioned in 1960, I did find it in the 1959 Lionel catalog. Great catch, Chuck! I had no idea that Delrin dated back to the 1950's.
Todd is correct; in the 1959 catalog Lionel did mention the use of Delrin bearings for their HO bettendorf freight trucks.