Rex Engineering Rolling Stock Trucks
Manufacturer:
Rex Engineering
Category:
Freight Car Truck
Name:
Arch Bar
Product Type:
Die-cast
Finish:
unpainted
Scale Dimensions:
5'9"
Notes:
The model in the photo is owned by David Felmley. The truck was manufactured by Howard Phillips (the "P" in S&P Distributors who owned the Rex Engineering product line at the time). Sprung and equalized, these cast-brass trucks would accept any blunt-end 1/16" axle; shown here with Culp Brothers' diecast 33" wheels representing ribbed-back cast-iron prototypes.
(image copyright © R. James Whipple)
Manufacturer:
Rex Engineering
Manufacturer ID:
11
Category:
Freight Car Truck
Name:
Bettendorf
Prototype Manufacturer:
Buckeye Steel Castings
Product Type:
Die-cast
Finish:
unpainted
Prototype Capacity:
50-ton
Supplemental:
Notes:
Scale wheels. Equalized, not sprung. 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.
(image copyright © Roger Nulton)
(image copyright © Ted Larson)
Manufacturer:
Rex Engineering
Manufacturer ID:
12
Category:
Freight Car Truck
Name:
Bettendorf
Prototype Manufacturer:
Buckeye Steel Castings
Product Type:
Die-cast
Finish:
unpainted
Prototype Capacity:
50-ton
Supplemental:
Notes:
Hi-rail wheels. Equalized, not sprung.