Pullman Truck

American Models (click for web site)

840

Passenger Car Truck

Pullman

Die-cast

painted & lettered

Lightweight 4-wheel. Available with hi-rail wheels (#840HR) or scale wheels (#840S). These are the trucks that American Models puts on all of their streamlined passenger cars. It is equalized, but not sprung. There is an obvious blank space in the center of the truck that the fussier modeler will want to fill. The third photo shows Dick Karnes' modifications to this truck using available B.T.S. detailing parts, which includes the torsion bar, brake cylinder, and instructions for constructing the shock strut (in the center, made from a short piece of solid wire with its own insulation sleeve). This is B.T.S. detail part #02407.

American Models (click for web site)

842

Passenger Car Truck

Pullman

Die-cast

painted & lettered

Heavyweight 4-wheel. Wheelbase: 8'3". Available with hi-rail wheels (#842HR) or scale wheels (#842S). These are the standard trucks that American Models puts on all of their heavyweight passenger car models. This was the most common steam-era passenger truck, a four-wheel drop-equalized steel truck with separate pedestals. The model is equalized, but not sprung.

American Models (click for web site)

860

Passenger Car Truck

Pullman

Die-cast

painted & lettered

Heavyweight 6-wheel. Available with hi-rail wheels (#860HR) or scale wheels (#860S). The model is equalized, but not sprung. Older production runs were very stiff. The center axles tended to be too tight in their journals, and therefore the center wheelsets did not rotate well. The truck tended to remain skewed on the track, and traversing curves was problematic. This problem is easily resolved by using a #40 drill bit to deepen and vertically elongate the center axle holes, thus allowing the center axles to move both laterally and vertically with respect to the outer axles. Current production trucks are improved, with the center axles having shorter, rounded ends. Be sure to examine yours.

Nixon Model Co (Nimco)

P-11

Passenger Car Truck

Pullman

Metal

unpainted

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Rigid. Six wheels, centered at 10'6". Made out of Zamac. This was identical to the Strafford Scale Models' version, which is shown in the second photo.

Strafford Scale Models

Passenger Car Truck

Pullman

1940s/1950s

Kit

unpainted

Wheel center: 10'6". Rigid. Zamac.