Re: D&RG 470 Tourist Sleeper - First Test Runs
| April 21, 2021 07:12PM |
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Looks great Bill. You all have done an amazing job.
As to the high ride height. Pullman construction is a little different than Jackson & Sharp, and the later modifications by the Rio Grande. On Pullman cars the body bolster is mounted well below the bottom of the sills. There is a top strap that is level with the bottom of the sills and a lower strap extending down that the center plate bolts to. There is a casting that fills the gap between the top and bottom straps. See the attached photo of Uintah 50, a former first class Pullman sleeper.
On Rio Grande cars the top strap is on top of the sills, while the lower is on the bottom of the sills. This is one of the ways the Grande lowered their cars in the 20s and when most received the winged bolsters with side bearings on the ends under the cars side sills. Surprisingly I don't have a photo of a D&RGW cars body bolster.
Here is a shot of Uintah 50 on 1 passenger car truck for the first time. It sit's very tall as well.
Jeff Taylor
CRRM curator of equipment and rolling stock.
As to the high ride height. Pullman construction is a little different than Jackson & Sharp, and the later modifications by the Rio Grande. On Pullman cars the body bolster is mounted well below the bottom of the sills. There is a top strap that is level with the bottom of the sills and a lower strap extending down that the center plate bolts to. There is a casting that fills the gap between the top and bottom straps. See the attached photo of Uintah 50, a former first class Pullman sleeper.
On Rio Grande cars the top strap is on top of the sills, while the lower is on the bottom of the sills. This is one of the ways the Grande lowered their cars in the 20s and when most received the winged bolsters with side bearings on the ends under the cars side sills. Surprisingly I don't have a photo of a D&RGW cars body bolster.
Here is a shot of Uintah 50 on 1 passenger car truck for the first time. It sit's very tall as well.
Jeff Taylor
CRRM curator of equipment and rolling stock.
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