...I was bored today, so instead of re-organizing my sock drawer, I decided to roster my spare two-rail trucks. After finding a bagload of Lobaughs yesterday in the shed, I got the idea this afternoon to count up how many Lobaughs that I have. The total turned out to be 61.5 individual trucks, most are paired up and the .5 one (a PRR dolphin tender truck) has no wheels or the special bushings that the screw that attaches the bolster to the sideframe passes through. I also came up with three Varney Commonwealth passenger car trucks (in Lobaugh boxes!
), four Auels, four EMD Blombergs, two steelcab/medium duty electric locomotive drop-equalizers, and several unknowns including a pair of rather heavy cast brass (sideframes and bolster) "Napoleon Hat" passenger trucks. The box of just the Lobaughs weighs almost twenty-four pounds. The Varneys have very crisp detail, somewhat better than Walthers. Note that the above totals do not include any trucks mounted on cars. Anyway, an interesting afternoon.
Edit: The Napoleon trucks are by Hines Lines.
