Interesting that the problem with the trucks did not
exhist til after the railroads bought the Pullman
troop sleeper and kitchen car fleet. 1. They did not
maintain them as they should. 2. It was a truck design
that required a diff. set of spare parts inventory.
--- Dave Lambert <dave@dglambert.com> wrote:
> Loren,
>
>
>
> Without getting either too technical or too
> detailed, the Allied Full
> Cushion trucks had certain design and structural
> shortcomings that could and
> often did result in the truck sideframes detaching
> from the truck journals.
>
>
>
> Railroad management frowns on this kind of behavior
> in a high speed (or low
> speed, for that matter) truck.
>
>
>
> A second problem was directly related to the first.
> Preventive maintenance
> on these trucks-at least spotting the potential for
> this problem was
> concerned-was nearly impossible without dropping a
> wheel set.
>
>
>
> The trucks were declared forbidden for interchange
> by the AAR effective
> 9-1-1959.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Dave Lambert
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Aeolus3@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 12:51 PM
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Branchline Pullman Cars
>
>
>
> Steve,
>
> I know that the Allied Full Cushion Trucks were
> banned in interchange, what
> was the reason? I know the Q ran them under the
> Geeps and ran them at high
> speed but I've never heard that the Q had problems
> with the truck. I know
> there
> is an EJ&E Troop Pullman over at Griffith IN that
> still has the Allied Full
> Cushion Trucks under it, of course it was in company
> service.
>
> Loren Johnson
>
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