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Kingpin
1) A conductor.
2) The pivot on which a truck swivels. Also called a center pin. On a prototype railroad car, the steel pin that connects the wheel set or bogie to the bolster at the pivot point.
3) [MR] Usually a plastic pin or screw that ...

 


Kingpin
Pin or screw used to mount model railroad trucks to locomotive or car body. Center pin is the more common term for the prototype.
Kitbash ...

Kingpin Pivot point of a truck that connects it to the bolster.
Kitbashing (Kitmingling) Mixing parts of kits to make your own creation.
Main line Portion where travel is heaviest.

Slang term for conductor. Also Kingpin--the pivot on which a truck swivels (also known as a Center Pin).
Kit-bash
A term used to denote the making of a model railroad structure, car, etc., from parts of two or more ready-to-assemble kits.

Kingpin - A plastic pin or screw that attaches the truck of a model railroad car to the bolster on that car. A steel pin that conects the wheel set or bogie to the bolster at the pivot point on a real or prototype railroad car.

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See also: Consist, Track, Section, Signal, Point