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Micro Trains Line N Scale Trucks

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Micro Trains Line N Scale Trucks
Posted by THOMAS KNAPP on Thursday, August 26, 2021 4:25 PM

Has anyone found "official" MTL data on the height of the top of the bolster in a Micro Trains Line N-scale Arch-bar truck. (Not your own measurement - I have found those to be unreliable.) 

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Posted by PC101 on Thursday, August 26, 2021 6:15 PM

 8/30/2021 12:06am Eastern time. My reply has been deleted for lack of interest.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, August 30, 2021 12:12 AM

The OP's posts might still be moderated. It might take a day or two for a response to show up.

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, August 30, 2021 12:14 AM

I thought this was answered in a thread just a few days ago?

I'll see if I can find it. Somebody had posted this document.

 MTL_Gauge by Edmund, on Flickr

THOMAS KNAPP
Has anyone found "official" MTL data on the height of the top of the bolster in a Micro Trains Line N-scale Arch-bar truck.

Officially, I'd say it is two hundred six thousandths. But this diagram shows .275?

 MTL_Truck by Edmund, on Flickr

Cheers, Ed

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Posted by PC101 on Monday, August 30, 2021 7:27 AM

I'll repost my infomation. As I read the OP's question, this would be my answer.

Taken off the back of a Micro-Trains Line card package. ''NOTE: Our freight car trucks have a bolster mounting height of .185'' (4.7mm) above the rails.'' I am not being loud with my above bold words, just making the important part stand out.

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Posted by Overmod on Monday, August 30, 2021 8:28 AM

The OP's question precisely as asked was answered nearly immediately, correctly, by PC101.  I'm pleased to see that the concise, accurate, and well-documented answer has returned.

Thanks to the others who contributed further information.

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Posted by PC101 on Monday, August 30, 2021 8:57 AM

I did not look for or need a "thank you". My reply received other's attention, so it is all good. My reply will stay up. My fear was that my first reply went unseen and in time then would get "lost" and with the posibilty of the "offical M-TL data" picture being deleated in the future. That is why I "Bumped" the reply. Thanks to everybody that responded.   

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