December 08, 2018 11:06AM
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bcp Wrote:
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> What happened to its own trucks? Shipped north
> without trucks? Purchased the body only? Where
> did the freight trucks come from?
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> Bruce
Before it left Mexico, NdeM replaced the passenger trucks with Andrews trucks equipped with leaf springs. If the car ran in revenue service on the NdeM like this, I do not know. This set of trucks came with the car to Alamosa. An issue with operating Mexican narrow gauge equipment in the USA is that Mexican narrow gauge uses standard gauge coupler height. The Mexican trucks that came under the car were still around the C&TS the last time I looked or at least noticed them. They had standard gauge 33" wheels on them.
Those trucks made the car usable for American NG service. To operate the car, the trucks were replaced with D&RGW Bettendorf trucks. In order to get the coupler height correct, The center bearing on the car had to be lowered. This required re-engineering the truck side bearings. In order to keep the car on the track, the side bearings had to be kept very loose which made the car rock terribly. The idea of an entire train set of these cars rocking their way through the Toltec Gorge would give any operating official ulcers.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/08/2018 11:06AM by Earl.
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