George Paine does a very good tutorial, here...
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/194011.aspx
and here...
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/194274.aspx
Cheers, the Bear.
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mbinsewi nemesys What kind of trucks did you put on those? Well, since I model from the late 90's on up, I use Athearn 100 ton trucks. It will depend on your time period. 50 ton, 70 ton, or 100 ton? There are lots of excellent choices for trucks, along with styles. Everybody has their own "go to". Mike.
nemesys What kind of trucks did you put on those?
Well, since I model from the late 90's on up, I use Athearn 100 ton trucks. It will depend on your time period. 50 ton, 70 ton, or 100 ton?
There are lots of excellent choices for trucks, along with styles. Everybody has their own "go to".
Mike.
I was not aware of the Athearn trucks. Are these snapping in place, replacing the cheap original plastic ones?
nemesysWhat kind of trucks did you put on those?
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I replaced my Tyco trucks with Tichy trucks and added body mounted Kadee couplers. The trucks were painted with rust colored primer beforehand and Intermountain wheelsets were added.
There was a huge improvement in appearance and rolling resistance.
Mine were old metal frame cars with screw mounted trucks. Those press fit plastic trucks may need to have the booster holes filled and redrilled.
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mbinsewi Here's a link to Kadee's page for Tyco conversions. Scroll down to rolling stock. https://www.kadee.com/hocc_tyco.htm In the past, I've used the #148 whisker coupler along with the Kadee Talgo truck adapter. It works pretty good. Since then, I've replaced the trucks and body mounted the couplers. Mike.
Here's a link to Kadee's page for Tyco conversions. Scroll down to rolling stock.
https://www.kadee.com/hocc_tyco.htm
In the past, I've used the #148 whisker coupler along with the Kadee Talgo truck adapter. It works pretty good.
Since then, I've replaced the trucks and body mounted the couplers.
Thanks, Mike. I have some Talgo adapters coming.
What kind of trucks did you put on those?
Sometimes, I see some nice Tyco freight cars that I'd like to add to my collection. However, most of them still use those horn-hook couplers on those clip-in trucks. Anybody has a replacement for those so that I could put Kadee couplers on them?