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Earl

April 06, 2009 01:51PM

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I very much agree with Sean on riding qualities of the two trucks. Whe I was braking in DGO, there was one car in use with the frieght car trucks, and yes it did ride rough.

The greater rolling resistance of plain bearings vs. roller bearings is very small at low speeds (less than 25 mph). If an entire 12 car train was roller bearing equipped, you might be able to pull one more car to Silverton. The main reason the mainlines got away from plain bearings was so they could get rid of lots of car inspectors.

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NG passenger car trucks - questions.	Richard Boulware	April 04, 2009 08:21AM
Re: NG passenger car trucks - questions.	Sean Jackson	April 04, 2009 09:08AM
Re: NG passenger car trucks - questions.	Earl	April 06, 2009 01:51PM
Re: NG passenger car trucks - questions.	Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge Tyler	April 06, 2009 03:16PM

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