Re: (erielack) EL Caboose Trucks

["Schuyler G Larrabee" <"sgl2_@_ix.netcom.com">]

I'm wondering if the "Milk Car Trucks" might be available from Funaro &
Camerlengo, since they do the milk cars . . .   Anybody know?

SGL
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Hollritt, Todd <"todd.hollritt_@_attws.com">
To: <"erielack_@_internexus.net">
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 8:22 AM
Subject: (erielack) EL Caboose Trucks


> Matt & all,
>     After looking at some photo's I found DL&W wood caboose 701 riding on
> milk car style trucks on page 50 of "Cabins Crummies & Hacks Vol 1 NE".
The
> caboose is sitting in front of the coal dock in Scranton PA. Its a color
> shot and the 701 looks well worn so it may be post merger, Did EL ever use
> Lackawanna wood caboose's in any service?
>    Thanks for the information but I am guessing the proper "Milk Car"
trucks
> are not available in HO, They have a unique heavy arch on the upper part
of
> the truck not common to any other road. It looks like B&M may have had a
> couple of hacks with this style truck also but very uncommon.
>
> Todd (ELHS#1318)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phoebewestbound [mailto:"phoebesnow_@_stny.rr.com"]
> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 10:01 PM
> To: Hollritt, Todd; "erielack_@_internexus.net"
> Subject: Re: (erielack) EL Caboose Trucks
>
>
> Todd,
>
> Lackawanna didn't use any of the Erie's General Steel Castings "milk car"
> trucks on their cabooses. The DL&W hacks rode on Bettendorf "T" section as
> well as double truss. Post merger the EL did apply a set of these trucks
to
> a Lackawanna steel car, quite possibly 896, but they were NOT original
> equipment. Additionally, the Erie/EL was famous for reusing trucks from
old
> equipment on new as in the case of applying old milkcar trucks to the
C-100
> series. I would guess that the C-300 and here sisters were riding on used
> /reconditioned trucks rather than new ones.
>
> Matt Forsyth
>
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