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[quote user="7j43k"]What I do assert is that DODX 33918 NEVER had plain bearings.  Funny looking truck or not.  [/quote] I don't think that I actually said that the car had plain bearings, just that the truck appeared to have converted plain bearing castings. Given that the outer plain bearings were removable from the side frames (and not cast in place), and that the center axle bearing appears to have a cast in place box.  I submit that the original truck casting may have been modified (meaning the drain hole was cast into the bottom of the box of the center of the truck by Buckeye)  (the water that will collect in there has to have a way out) instead of being built as a plain bearing then drilled out.  "The government does always go with the lowest bidder." Anyway, next time I get the chance I will note build date and PM dates (the car I saw had not been repainted and had stencils showing the military planned maintenance system (stenciled when maintenance completed) going back several many years. Does a similar car appear under possibly a USNX or USAX reporting mark prior to 1986?   Edit: nope, change over to DODX should have been completed by 1975.   <a href="http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/other_cars/dodx_cars/dodx/dodx.htm">http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/other_cars/dodx_cars/dodx/dodx.htm</a> This website says that 39911 was built in 1953. I dont think that 39912-917 are that old, and it is possible that I saw 917 or some car from this group. There is a photo of 39913 in 1983 on RR-fallen flags. That having been said.   They all appear to have identical (or nearly so) trucks.
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