Freight trucks

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Mike,

Having nosed around in the Archives I can tell you that N&W gave its own
classifications for trucks (as well as freight cars, passenger cars, etc.)
Having looked at some of the drawing for trucks, many have a note that they
were traced from the original manufacturer drawings.

I believe that John Pilcher, who helped design some freight equipment, also
designed some trucks while in the employ of N&W.

Yes, N&W did use Andrews trucks; see this photo of one of its USRA single
sheathed, Class BK boxcars:

https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=19337

On the B-1, B-2 and B-3 boxcars (the round roof PRR copies) my equipment
diagram indicates the Truck Class to be T-64.  This is a truck with
coil-eliptic-coil spring package and available in HO from Tahoe Model Works

https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=24417

And here is the HO model truck:

http://resincarworks.com/tahoe/tmw_108_info.pdf

Here is a drawing from the Archives of the spring package in the T-64 truck:

https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=57819

If you enlarge it, you will see in the lower left corner that it was traced
from the Symington Co drawing.

It would be handy reference for N&W and VGN modelers to have a chart that
identifies the companies' classifications of trucks to those available in
model form.

Jim Brewer

On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 10:50 AM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> Please educate me on another aspect of the N&W.  I am seeing references to
> drawings for T41, T46 etc.
> Did the N&W cast their own freight trucks?  Design their own freight
> trucks?
> I see some drawings have Buckeye Castings listed.  I see Barber S2 on
> TopGons.
> Did they not use Andrews, or Barber, or other manufacturers or did they
> just have drawings of these for repair etc.
> Is there an Arrow article I can read?
> Thank you,
> Mike Shockley
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