Re: Carter Brothers Trucks

Ted,
"The point was the discovery of a 10 ton Carter Brothers swing motion truck."
Well, it's arguably the most complete 10ton truck around, but it had seen some time in the shop under the hammer of a lumbermill black smith.
"Most of the metal parts of a flat cat?"
Yep, a nice standard 28' flat car.
"I note that the property owner did not want to give up the trucks themselves. Can't imagine what he wants with a couple of hondred pounds of rusty steel; when it is a vital artifact for a recognized railroad museum."
The gentelman wants use them as the center piece in a memorial display to all the loggers that worked on the property. He has taken fine care of the trucks up to now, even saved them from a scrap run, and are quite safe.
The only things "salavageable" are the wheel sets which have minimal wear and still bear the factory delivery marks in white lead paint. All the jurnal boxes are broken, all but 1 brass missing (amd it may not be the correct brass). The frames are bent and/or broken along with all threads rusted solid.
"Thank you Randy Hees and Bruce MacGregor! you guys have really done the narrow gauge proud."
I'll second that!
Curtis F.