Passenger Car Trucks By S Scale Locomotive & Supply

Key Info

Model Manufacturer:

S Scale Locomotive & Supply

Category:

passenger car

Bearings:

roller

Wheelbase:

Model Info

Intended For:

scale | hi-rail

Manufacturer ID:

400.6

Sprung:

Equalized:

yes

Truck Material:

brass kit

Truck Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

not included

Model Notes:

When the Enhorning trucks were beginning to deteriorate, S Scale Loco & Supply modified one of the sideframes as a pattern for making brass investment castings. SSL&S milled off the integrally-cast brake cylinder and torsion bar and replaced them with individual three-dimensional parts before casting.

Shown here is the top-down view of the Enhorning (left) and SSL&S trucks to illustrate the differences. Unfortunately, SSL&S did not take the opportunity to make two mirror-image patterns, easy to do with separate cylinders and torsion bars, so, the brake piston points the wrong way on one side of every truck.