Re: Passenger car trucks

Randy Hees Wrote:
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> The term "Pullman Truck" has two meanings on the
> D&RG(W)...
>
> 1) a truck built by Pullman (with Pullman on the
> pedestals) and...
>
> 2) "Pullman Truck" was the D&RG(W) term for the
> wood framed (with iron/steel clading), pedestal
> passenger truck that the D&RG developed about 1881
> (based on drawing in the CSRM collection) for the
> coaches they started building in house.
> Eventually they replaced the earlier trucks on
> their passenger fleet with this in-house built
> truck. The term is used extensively in the ICC
> valuation note books (CRM collection). This is
> the truck that would be upgraded with the cast
> outside side bearing truck bolsters in the 1920's.
>
>
> What is not clear to me is the history of minor
> upgrades to this design... over time D&RG(W) added
> cast braces to the truck to strengthen it... other
> trucks got similar but flame cut angle braces.
>
> Randy Hees

There are some early D&RG rosters and folios that refer to the second type that Randy Hess desribes as "New Pullman Truck" or as " NPT".