Passenger Car Rescue Follow Up / Mounting of Trucks

 Greetings All,

Passenger Car Rescue Follow Up

Mounting of Trucks

In our last post that focused on getting a pair of E&B Valley HO Scale Osgood Bradley passenger cars layout worthy a request for additional information regarding the mounting of the Walthers trucks to the cars was requested. 

Here is a close up of a Walthers gray lightweight truck for better visibility and the screw, washers and nuts used to mount them to the E&B Valley cars. 

A 2-56 screw, 2-56 washer, #4 washer and a 2-56 screw that fits beautifully in the large hole for the Walthers passenger car bolsters. Some trial and error and a nice surprise!!! Pay no attention to the blue painters tape.

A  #4 washer, 2-56 washer and two 2-56 nuts complete the job. The 2-56 washer and nuts were needed to get the passenger car high enough off the the trucks to allow them to swivel enough to handle the 22' and 24" curves on my layout.

An original truck that made this project a reality.

The Osgood Bradley American Flyer Coaches have been running reliably so keep and eye out for them in future blogposts!!!

Final Thoughts and Comments

Followers of this blog know that if I stumble onto something that looks to be beneficial to other modelers I'll post it here for our blog followers and others who search the internet for modeling tips.

Normally I would post follow ups on these topics very promptly however the NYCTL High Command was on vacation when the request came in. True to form I've been back less that 24 hours and the request has been answered. 

Thanks for reading!!!

See you soon!!!