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I am in the process of trying to decide which brand and style of truck to use on my MRR. I am modelling the Chessie System and Santa Fe as if they still existed and have modernised Thier older rolling stock. I am limited to a maximum of 50 foot rolling stock at the moment and 4 axle Locomotives. What I am wondering is would it make sense to update to the newer 3 Spring Roller Bearing truck style or to stick with the older Bettendorf 2 Spring style trucks. And also which brand of metal replacement truck would be reccomended. I am currently looking at Kadee. One other question I have is about the Coal Train I plan to model using Undecorated Athearn Blue Box Hopper Cars. From What I have seen of them they may be rather difficult to body mount the draft boxes for the Kadee Couplers. Is it suggested to get the Talgo Trucks for this purpose or to make the car somewhat less realistic and modify it to work with the body mount draft boxes. It seems the Talgo setup would be the easier solution but I am worried that thay may cause the wheels to rid over the rails if I put too much strain on the train.
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