Gerald-
AFAIK the freight car diagram book was kept up through roller bearing
trucks.... and I don't think the Aurora foundry was doing copy castings for
standard AAR style trucks...the ones with CB&Q marks on them were from the
original manufacturer, I think. A great mystery!!
Charlie
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From: "gaedgar66" <vje68@hotmail.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 6:37 PM
Subject: [CBQ] RE: CB&Q post-streamliner truck diagrams
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> Charlie - Good observation! I've had a Burlington passenger diagram
> book and unlike the frt & loco ones it did not reference truck
> diagrams and like you I've not seen one either. Has anyone? If the
> Q did not issue diagrams of lightweight trucks perhaps it was because
> no longer were there any Q components (i.e. stock Budd) where older
> trucks were sometimes built in whole or part (or at least some
> replacement parts) by the Q. Older truck diagrams reference Q
> casting #'s in some cases (a lot made @ Auroro foundry). Gerald
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