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Re: (erielack) EL Caboose Trucks

I don't believe F&C included trucks in their kits or even made the trucks, I
could be wrong though.
Ben


> 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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