Choices for passenger trucks

CN6167 posted:

Interested primarily in 4 wheel trucks. Any ideas?

What era and sort of passenger cars?

Ideas? Yes, lots of them. I love passenger cars, and have more than my share of PSC, Walthers, Kasiner, CRC, Speer, and K-Line converted.  I use the PSC trucks, although they often require a little attention.  Ditto the fine Wasatch trucks.

My favorites are Lobaugh and bronze All Nation.  I have found other really nice bronze sand cast side frames, and have even had a few strange types cast via lost wax.

Everybody is different .  Buy one set of each, and see what pleases you most?

Martin is correct.  What era?  Early wood, late?  Heavyweight?  Streamline/lightweight?

Plastic, white metal, or brass trucks?

Kit or RTR?

Jay

Streamlined.

One question answered.

I have some MTH 41N trucks.  RTR 2R but have talgo type claw couplers...I cut them off.

Jay

Did this one using candle wax in a dental mold - 

I forgot - Kemtron made nice UP truck kits.

Did not know that American Scale and Protocraft made passenger car trucks.  I shall look.

Here are a few more photos of possibilities:Top photo shows a Sunset truck on the left, and a Graceline/Keil Line truck on the right.  Bottom photo shows a K-Line coach over my favorite sand cast truck, with the Sunset car on the right.

While I am at it, one of my favorite topics is the Pullman Daylight cars and their trucks.  Bob Stevenson has a really good kit - my assembly does not do it justice.  And I use Lobaugh castings mostly because they are correct in aspect ratio and journal box lids.  I have them re-done with brake cylinders in lost wax.  I lose about 2%, which is tolerable.

Those are all nice!  I do have the four and six axle Wasatch, and did have a PRB car.  It is a budget/desire equation - I am just as happy with sand cast, so I spend the big bucks for avgas.  To keep it in perspective, one tankful = two pair Wasatch, and that is on a little Piper Cub.

If Scott has them in the prototype you're looking for the GGD trucks are a very good value.  The Wasatch trucks are top of the line and priced accordingly.  Recommend matching the trucks to the specific prototype car where possible, and the level of detail of the truck to the overall level of detail of the model.  Sand cast trucks look ok on a historical piece, but IMO take away from the looks of today's better detailed models with underbody detail.    Your railroad - your choice. 

Ed,

That's my primary reason for asking for specifics early on.  Still waiting for answers.  Without them we're all wasting our time...well, at least I was.

Jay

Was going to reply on the other iPad, but it won't accept me.  If we clear cookies on this one, you may not hear from me again on this forum.  It no longer likes my e-mail address.

That said, it is a fun topic even without the OP.

 And once I had a Cheyenne (slightly smaller than the King Air) and my credit card hit the limit after two stops.  Then the company gave me a coveted corporation card.  Corporate aircraft are true extravagances.  I don't even understand airline economics.

I have several pairs of Keil-Line 41N and 41NP lightweight (streamline) passenger truck kits available. They build up into very nice sprung trucks, at a fraction of the cost of OCS or Wasatch version.

The 41N were under many road's cars. The 41NP were under PRR cars. Difference being slightly different brake arrangements.

The kits came without wheelsets. But those are easily available from NWSL.

Ahem..

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jgtrh62 posted:

Bob those are all very nice trucks, several of which I wasn't aware even existed. One of my bucket list items is to take up brass casting so I could make my own parts.

Here's a few examples of Protocraft trucks, (Proto48), I'm not certain but I believe the builder was the same as  for Wasatch's O scale trucks.

GCC 41-N

GCC 41-ND

Pullman 61-UDO

PRB and GGD trucks are also pretty nicely detailed, if one can find them.

PRB

GGD

Many of the Proto48 passenger car trucks being sold by Protocraft were imported by Wasatch Model Company for Protocraft.  I sold them to Protocraft at my cost for the Proto48 guys.

Roger