Lobaugh trucks ...

[J. S. Bach]

...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.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I've got to get a shed..................to store my socks.

[R.K. Maroon]

Hmm...so is it fair to say that having your spare trucks sorted out and paired is not unlike having your socks sorted out and paired? Just wondering.

I have a few odd Napoleon-Hat trucks. There is one pair which is heavy cast brass/bronze, and it was made by Hines:

Hines Napoleon-Hat Trucks.JPG (83.07 KiB) Viewed 5019 times

On a side note, I am looking for a pair of drop-equalized trucks that were found on some of the early diesels:

Drop-Equalized.JPG (22.75 KiB) Viewed 5019 times

Does anybody know if there is an official name for these? They are roughly the same era as the Blunt trucks, I believe. I do know Walthers offered the sideframes for these in white metal but there are brass or bronze versions too. There have to be some out there somewhere.

Jim

[Rufus T. Firefly]

On a side note, I am looking for a pair of drop-equalized trucks that were found on some of the early diesels:

Does anybody know if there is an official name for these? They are roughly the same era as the Blunt trucks, I believe. I do know Walthers offered the sideframes for these in white metal but there are brass or bronze versions too. There have to be some out there somewhere.

I have several sets in white metal: GE MU Trucks is what's on the label of the boxes.

[bob turner]

Best way is to make a master and have them cast up. I too have the white metal parts on an Ingersoll-Rand.

Allan had just mastered bronze sand casting when he moved to Kansas City. He made me several sets of side frames. Really nice!

[Nortonville Phil]

On a side note, I am looking for a pair of drop-equalized trucks that were found on some of the early diesels:

Drop-Equalized.JPG

Does anybody know if there is an official name for these? They are roughly the same era as the Blunt trucks, I believe. I do know Walthers offered the sideframes for these in white metal but there are brass or bronze versions too. There have to be some out there somewhere.

Jim

In the book Interurban Electric Locomotives From Baldwin-Westinghouse(Strapac) there are pictures of the Baldwin Westinghouse Class E locomotives that were built for the Illinois Central electrification in the Chicago area. Four 80 ton locomotives were built and later were sold to the South Shore Line when they were not needed on the I.C. line. These four locomotives had the same type of trucks in your photo with spoked wheels. Very neat.

[J. S. Bach]

Hmm...so is it fair to say that having your spare trucks sorted out and paired is not unlike having your socks sorted out and paired? Just wondering.

All my socks are the same, I do not have to "sort my sock drawer".

I have a few odd Napoleon-Hat trucks. There is one pair which is heavy cast brass/bronze, and it was made by Hines:Jim

I just czeched mine and the Hines are just what I have. Thank you for the ID.

[bob turner]

That’s funny. Me too - but if all you wear is cowboy boots or sandals, nobody can tell.

I too have a few roller bearing Napoleons - did not know they were Hines.

[J. S. Bach]

That’s funny. Me too - but if all you wear is cowboy boots or sandals, nobody can tell.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

..........if all you wear is cowboy boots or sandals, nobody can tell.

Well at least put some pants on! Think of the children! Oh, well, then again maybe not.....

[J. S. Bach]

I found two more pair of Lobaughs in a box that I was rummaging through in one shed today; any more and I will need a forklift to move the Lobaugh box. I may post the inventory one day; however, I hesitate as the formatting will (probably) not come through. Now that I have started this project, I should inventory all of my two-rail trucks. The Weaver roller bearings alone, yeesh. 36" and 33" wheelsets!

[rogruth]

Hmm...so is it fair to say that having your spare trucks sorted out and paired is not unlike having your socks sorted out and paired? Just wondering.

I have a few odd Napoleon-Hat trucks. There is one pair which is heavy cast brass/bronze, and it was made by Hines:

Hines Napoleon-Hat Trucks.JPG

On a side note, I am looking for a pair of drop-equalized trucks that were found on some of the early diesels:

Drop-Equalized.JPG

Does anybody know if there is an official name for these? They are roughly the same era as the Blunt trucks, I believe. I do know Walthers offered the sideframes for these in white metal but there are brass or bronze versions too. There have to be some out there somewhere.

Jim

The bottom photo looks like the trucks used on the AGEIR early boxcabs.