scale Freight Car Trucks By Rex Engineering
Key Info
Model Manufacturer:
Rex Engineering
Category:
freight car
Name:
Bettendorf
Bearings:
solid/friction
Prototype Manufacturer:
Buckeye Steel Castings
Wheelbase:
?
Capacity:
50-ton
Model Info
Intended For:
scale
Manufacturer ID:
11
Sprung:
no
Equalized:
yes
Truck Material:
diecast kit
Truck Finish:
unpainted
Wheels:
33"
Insulated:
both wheels
Finish:
molded-in-color
Material:
plastic
Model Notes:
Bud Rindfleisch commented that the Rex trucks were poor rollers and had plastic wheels. He has improved them by drilling out the journal holes to accept an Ace Delrin bushing, and then putting in NWSL blunt axle wheelsets. This makes them roll nearly as nice as the S-Helper Service or American Models trucks. For the ones with the old ACE steel wheels, he had to file down the lip on the bushings to get clearance for the wider wheelsets.
Product Notes:
(image copyright © Roger Nulton; used by permission)
(image copyright © Ted Larson; used by permission)
(image copyright © Rex Engineering)