Four-Wheel Buckeye Trucks

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None of the above.  The first (similar to the Symington ride control) and 
last (similar to the T61 trucks used under the HL and H9 hoppers)are 
variations on the Bettendorf Double Truss.  The middle one has National Type 
B trucks, which the carmen called "bull nose" trucks because of the shape of 
the end of the bolster outside the side frame.

The Buckeye can't be mistaken for these; it has a large casting including 
both journal boxes that drops down between them, with a large casting for 
the bolster end that fits into it; the springs can be seen between the 
bolster and the side frame.  The large casting has the raised lettering of 
the word "Buckeye" cast into it.

EdKing
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> At 11:38 PM 1/9/09, you wrote:

>>I was looking at volume 4 of POCAHONTAS GLORY (it's one of them in which 

>>Ralph Morse DOESN'T mispronounce Powhatan Arrow) and in one of the 

>>sequences of humping cars at Shaffers Crossing, a B5 box car with Buckeye 

>>trucks comes over the hump.

>

> What sort of Buckeyes? The name alone doesn't mean much other than that's 

> who cast the sideframes. Which of these did it look like?

>

> http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/NS2897.jpeg

> http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/NS2900.jpeg

> http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/NS2909.jpeg

>

> David Thompson

>

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