Re: New thread for the work being done at Antonito on C&TS

John Cole Wrote:
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> Jeff Taylor Wrote:
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> > Good stuff. I just hope they know that the
> truck
> > side bearings on the tank car aren't supposed
> to
> > touch on both sides.
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> Jeff I talked to Chuck the team leader putting the
> trucks together and he said he didn't put either
> one of the two trucks they assembled under a tank
> car because they didn't have a big forklift. This
> photo was from another car, and Chris Trunk who is
> restoring the frameless cars is leaving a 1/4" gap
> on the side bearings as per specs .

Excellent. We are still planning to have our GRAMPS car painted this year.

Ed Drgw practice calls for 1/4" on each side if the side bearings aren't touching, 1/2" if one side is touching.

Jeff Taylor
CRRM curator of equipment and rolling stock.