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From: Furmanak, Stan
Bob-
Not to speak for Tom, but . . . . . . . . . .
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Stan knows more about "modern" freight cars than I do. Thanks for info,
stan.
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. . . . the Hydra Cushion underframe on the FMC 5283 dbl door isn't a
contemporary technology. The Hydra Cushion underframe was developed in the
mid 1950's. . . . . . . . . . . .
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S is rushing headlong into the second half of the 20th centrury. What next?
Here's something I can add about converting those cars to scale, though.
Don't just remove the highrail wheels and insert the scale wheels. Your
couplers will be too high. You have to remove the trucks, remove the little
spacer, then put trucks back on.
The high-rail coupler box that comes on the car appears to be identical to a
KD box, but it's not. You can reuse the original box with a KD scale
coupler, but you may have to file out the inside of the slot on the KD
coupler just a little.
Tom Hawley -- Lansing Michigan
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