Here's something I saved from another list that is not a precise answer to Gary's question, but has relevance I think quote 25 September 2002 Jim Eager wrote:
>Up to 77t cars use 33in wheels, although low-clearance >cars such as low-level autoracks have 28in wheels. 85-100t cars must >have 36in wheels, while 125t cars use 38in wheels. All are >smooth-back cast steel. > >But, it is more complicated than that, because truck wheelbase also >changed with weight capacity. A 50t truck had a wheelbase of 5ft 6in, >a 70t truck 5ft 8in, a 100t truck 5ft 10in, and a 125t truck 6ft 0in. < < < < < < < FWIW, to be complete, 110 ton (286K GRL) cars use 100 ton truck castings with heavier capacity springs for the increased gross rail loading. So these have the same 5ft 10in wheel base and 36" wheels. This applies to the various 286K GRL models out there (Walthers NSC 6245 cuft pellet hopper, the Walthers Gunderson 6269 cuft boxcar, the Athearn Genesis Gunderson 7285 cuft boxcar, the Athearn Genesis Trinity 5161 cuft grain hopper). Best Regards, Tim Frederick unquote Tom Hawley -- Lansing Mich [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list. Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
