Freight Car Trucks By Steam Depot
Key Info
Model Manufacturer:
Steam Depot
Category:
freight car
Name:
Six-wheel Freight Truck
Bearings:
solid/friction
Prototype Manufacturer:
Buckeye Steel Castings
Wheelbase:
9'4"
Model Info
Intended For:
scale | hi-rail
Sprung:
yes
Equalized:
no
Truck Material:
pewter
Truck Finish:
unpainted
Wheels:
not included
Model Notes:
Manufactured by Altoona Shops for Steam Depot. Used under tenders, or heavy flat cars or gondolas. The truck is sprung, but the frame is rigid on this model. (A side note: Altoona Shops was alleged, by S Scale Locomotive & Supply, to have copied SSL&S' brass version and re-cast and sold it in pewter, and was supposedly threatened with a lawsuit)
(image copyright © Bill Roberts; used by permission)
Note that Bill Roberts installed NorthWest Short Line wheels, which did not come with the truck originally.