I am looking for wheel sets for my Petersen 50' gondolas that are roller bearing (or at least roll faster than the wheels that I have on them now) that have trucks that will mount easily so I do not have to modify the underframe so they will fit. Please offer any suggestions you might have. Thanks!
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I believe that all Petersen cars are made for them by Weaver, and you can buy trucks
from them (and elsewhere - I find them on DaBay).
The cars may be from CMP (Crown Metal Products), but it doesn't matter as CMP uses
Weaver trucks, also. I think that they even "share" tooling.
I'm surprised that anything with Weaver trucks - especially the plastic ones - have trouble
rolling. They usually roll if you sneeze in their direction. It does sound like mis-matched wheel sets.
Anyway, see Weaver's website to start.
I agree with D500 that they are most likely Weaver trucks. Over the years, however, Andy Petersen has done customs runs using Weaver, old Atlas/Roco (also with Weaver trucks), and more recently Atlas-O and MTH. Which specific gondola do you have?
i have used weaver die-cast trucks for replacement ,also i used atlas on a couple ,alot of cutting to try to get the car to sit the right height.=jim
The cars are Petersen Supply CO CSMX Gondolas. I am not sure, but I think this run was back in 2008. Perhaps that accounts for the older style wheels. The more I read some of the replies on here I am starting to think that they might be older style weaver trucks and perhaps the newer weaver roller bearing trucks might work. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated!
Contact Andy directly:
Petersen Supply Co.
12248 SW. 34th Ave., Portland, OR 97219-8252
503-246-3106
email: sales@petersensupply.com
www.petersensupply.com
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