John,
I took a look at the MR Paint Shop article, the car they did was series
21000-21399 this is a 50' class XM-33. Proto 2000 has done this with
several numbers. I don't know what color the trucks would have been
painted but would imagine either black or freight car red.
The following is from a Micro Trains ad:
"Allied full cushion trucks were designed to roll high-speed freight
cars with passenger car smoothness. The unique combination of
soft-acting coil springs and swing hangers enabled them to effectively
dissipate shock, producing greatly improved performance at all speeds.
Introduced in the early 1940s, they were ultimately used by sixteen
different railroads to reduce the cost of freight damage. After WWII,
they were gradually removed from service because of their tendency to
derail. In 1955, they were banned from interchange service by the ICC."
Ken Martin
railbass@comcast.net wrote:
>I was leafing through a Model Railroader from October 1979 and noticed a Paint
>Shop article on making a CB&Q box car from an Athearn 40' AAR kit. The only
>modifications were CB&Q decals and Allied Full-Cushion trucks, same as on
>troop sleepers. The cars were numbered 12000-12399 and were built in the
>CB&Q Havelock, NE, shops in 1941. This would be an easy kitbash. What
>color would the trucks be painted? Why were Allied trucks used in the first
>place - what type of cargo? When would the Allied trucks no longer be used?
> I model late 1940s and early 1950s.
>- John Manion
> Denver, CO
>
>
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