AAR type B Truck drawing

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JohnHudak
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AAR type B Truck drawing

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Hi All, I've scoured the internet looking for a drawing (with dimensions) of the AAR type B 4 wheel truck.. Does anyone know of anything out there?
Thanks; John
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Re: AAR type B Truck drawing

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John,
Not sure if this might interest you but here are some AAR type "Castings" for sale. One set is the Main frame only, no journals etc. On discoverlivesteam.com--under Locomotives fro sale.
From past days all castings and FULL detailed trucks were said to be "Beautiful".
http://www.bostonloco.com/index.php?mai ... x&cPath=67

Chooch
JohnHudak wrote:Hi All, I've scoured the internet looking for a drawing (with dimensions) of the AAR type B 4 wheel truck.. Does anyone know of anything out there?
Thanks; John
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Re: AAR type B Truck drawing

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They appear to be making a type A truck which was used mainly under low speed switch engines.

The type B truck was used under road engines.

tim
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Re: AAR type B Truck drawing

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ALCOSTEAM wrote:They appear to be making a type A truck which was used mainly under low speed switch engines.

The type B truck was used under road engines.

tim
I'm looking for the truck that would have been under the Alco RS-11's, and I believe it's the type B
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Re: AAR type B Truck drawing

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Take a look here. http://ibls.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Diesel_Trucks They have a lot of information on Diesel Trucks.

Tim
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Re: AAR type B Truck drawing

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I have some info on the type B trucks.

download the drawings and pictures soon. Not keeping them on dropbox long.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/js6rcdr6viq7 ... 0B%20Truck
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Re: AAR type B Truck drawing

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Thank you for the pictures and drawings.

Tim
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Re: AAR type B Truck drawing

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hwboivin3 wrote:I have some info on the type B trucks.

download the drawings and pictures soon. Not keeping them on dropbox long.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/js6rcdr6viq7 ... 0B%20Truck

Who's castings are those?

Darren McNeely
Darren McNeely

and the sons of Pullman Porters, and the sons of engineers,
ride their father's magic carpets made of steel.

www.swlsonline.org
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Re: AAR type B Truck drawing

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slsf1060 wrote:
Who's castings are those?

Darren McNeely

no idea about castings. Just pictures I have on my hard drive.
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Re: AAR type B Truck drawing

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Hi,

I took the photos in Schenectady NY of an RS-3 that is on display at the county science museum. The traction motors had been removed so I could crawl around inside the truck. The loco is still there.

The truck castings came from a member of the Montreal Live Steamers. Contact the club. I don't remember the the guys name - I want to say it started with a 'B', was about 9 letters long, and was french sounding, like 'Bordeau'. I got them about 8 yrs ago. Mine are cast steel and are very nice. A quick look thru my old check registers yielded a name of R J Blair - but my confidence level on this name is only about 50%.

The journal box covers were from Howard Gorin - Brookline Mass - 617-566-3628

The brake cylinders and brake levers are available from Precision Steel Car.

I got my wheels (5.125 dia)/axles and bearing from Tom Bee

I have not sourced the leaf springs yet, but the Mercer Loco utube videos have been informative.

Mark Landgraf
Albany, NY
mark_landgraf at yahoo dot com
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Re: AAR type B Truck drawing

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David Gehrke of West Bend Railcar Shops sells sets of leaf springs for his trucks. They are like add-ons though.
https://www.facebook.com/WBRCS
also ralrodr@yahoo.com

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Re: AAR type B Truck drawing

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If this link works it should show the springs.

https://www.facebook.com/WBRCS/photos/p ... =1&theater

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