Re: What did I just get into!
The truck is likely as you say, Nimco but the wheels aren't Nimco.? The wheels unlike the Pullman truck don't require fiber bolsters--just turned wheels so I'll stick with SSL&S label for those!
So
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Bob Werre
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Re: Wheels 'R Us !!
Thanks for the favorable comment, Jace.? I like smiling and have been doing a lot of it recently.? ?Must be the Christmas season or similar, but the orders have been coming in faster than normal
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Ed Loizeaux
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#174807
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Re: Wheels 'R Us !!
To the best of my knowledge, they are upgrade wheels for AM ALCO PA/PB diesels.? ?I have no recollection of buying extra wheels for any SHS engine.? Anything beyond that is speculation.? ?The
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Ed Loizeaux
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#174806
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Re: Wheels 'R Us !!
Looking again at the journals, I can see they are D, so almost certainly AM; initially I had noted only the flat side of the journal and wrongly assumed square. The nylon journals are unknown to me,
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JGG KahnSr
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Re: Wheels 'R Us !!
AM diesel drives had three different wheelset journals: round, "D", and square (and were not interchangeable).
Could be these were NWSL replacements, although presumably not for SHS diesels, as those
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JGG KahnSr
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Re: Wheels 'R Us !!
Hi Jace....
The wheels are diesel diameter.? I believe 40 scale inches.? ?With calipers,? .622 actual inches.? Doing the math,? 64 x .622" = 39.8 scale inches.? Close enough?
The more I look
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Ed Loizeaux
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Re: Some S scale brass available on Rick's website
Oops, use this link instead.
https://rickstraindepot.com/
Scott
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Scott
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Some S scale brass available on Rick's website
Hello,
Rick has some S Scale brass in for sale including an SD40-2 and Gp38-2 and a big N&W Steamer with Aux tender.? You have to use a Desktop/Laptop to see the photos on his site.
Rick's Website
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Scott
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Re: Nimco wheels
Thanks Bill. I follow Leonard which is where I first heard of Nimco. His
channel is remarkable!
Thanks,
Austin
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Austin Birkey <aftrainfun@...>
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Re: Switched out the Reading team to Lehigh Valley tonight
I certainly do just that!? A few years after the BC&G closed in 1965 and steam ended, the line was reopened by another company and they brought in a 65-ton Whitcomb.? I built the model years ago and
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Brooks Stover
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Re: Nimco wheels
Here is a recent 4-minute YouTube video that features an AF Atlantic with Nimco wheels, two Exacta cars, and a view of related pages from the 1949 Nimco
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Bill Roberts
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Re: Today¡¯s S Scale project
Well, in my opinion, you never can have too much air.? Air compressors don't run constantly, only after the reservoirs drop below a set pressure. (I forgot what it is.)
I would suggest two single
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Rich Gajnak
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Re: Today¡¯s S Scale project
The first picture shows the locomotive being operated on the layout through all of its paces and grades. From my past experiences working with the bronze boiler weight I was concerned that the smaller
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Mike Swederska
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Re: Wheels 'R Us !!
It would be good to know the diameter of each type.
Jace Kahn
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JGG KahnSr
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Re: Switched out the Reading team to Lehigh Valley tonight
Great picture!
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Bill Hawk
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Wheels 'R Us !!
Folks........
Here are some wheels.? The pix speak for themselves.? I think they might be upgrade wheels for the American Models ALCO PA/PB diesel engines.? But I could be wrong.? Check to be
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Ed Loizeaux
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BLAST from the PAST
Gentlemen.......
Those of us with gray hair (or no hair) will remember the all-wood Strombecker kits from long ago.? Here is another collection of pieces and parts to make a freight car of your
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Ed Loizeaux
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Re: Nimco wheels
Thanks for looking. Yes they are surprising large. But the size does
filling the extra space on an AF axle spacing.
Austin
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Austin Birkey <aftrainfun@...>
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Re: Nimco wheels
Thanks for the idea. Another would be to cast a resin wheel. Not sure I
want to commit that much time to a single wheel when I have so very many
projects...
Austin
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Austin Birkey <aftrainfun@...>
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FREE -- pay postage only.
First come, first serve.
Photos tell the story.
Email preferred.? Phone works.? ? Loizeaux? aht? SBC?//?Global? daht net? ? ? 1-650-962-1577
Easy Peasy to make me smile with this one.?
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Ed Loizeaux
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