Fire Trucks and Emergency Vehicles
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I bought the truck. A custom cab refers to the fact that the cab was built by the apparatus manufacturer (Seagrave in this case) as opposed to a commercially available cab, as on the International rigs also produced by Boley.
Truck Dumps
The second type of coal loader is the truck dump. A truck dump is used when a mine is located some distance away from the rails.
Trucks--The wheels, axles and sideframes of a piece of equipment. Sprung trucks have actual coil springs on the sideframes as opposed to ones simulated in metal or plastic.
Truck
Part of a railway vehicle having its own separate frame and wheels, which is pivoted to the main frame, or suspended from the main frame with a degree of side play.
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Truck: Assembly holding a group of two or more wheelsets together beneath a car.
Truck - Located under a car body and attached to the underframe's bolsters, a sprung frame, to which a car or locomotive's wheel sets are attached.
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MILK TRUCK"Large hand truck with high cast-iron wheels used to transfer milk cans around in a terminal
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Trucks, also need to be set to NMRA standards. This is usually NOT the problem. You should check the wheels to make sure they are the proper distance apart for the rails.
Truck
The wheel axle frame assembly under each end of a car or locomotive; the framework supporting railroad wheels.
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Truckload of mail sacks and parcels for many destinations sent from storage car to the yard (an outside platform) for further separation before forwarding.
Mixed Train
A train pulling both passengers and freight cars.
Truck Wheel assembly a train car rides on.
Turnout Allows movement from one track to another. Modeler's term for switch, so as not to confuse it with an electrical switch.
Weathering Simulating years of abuse on models by washing them in chalks, etc.
Trucks are also found as diecast models in and injection molded kits (and children's toys) in .
Recently some manufacturers have appeared in like Code 3.
Model cars
diecast cars including "promo" models of Dodge Intrepid and Chevy Van ...
Truck
Another name for a goods wagon. Also the bogie on a steam engine which holds the pony wheels. (pony trucks) ...
Truckload (TL)
1. Shipment that fills a trailer or a container to its maximum capacity, either by weight or volume
2. carrier that accepts only truckload shipments
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Trucks
The wheels, axles, and related assemblies on railroad rolling stock.
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Truck
A general term for the complete wheeled freight car assembly which supports the car body at each end. It is attached to the body by a pair of center plates which function as a pivot. See Center Plate.
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A truck-mounted spring that prevents excessive rocking of a moving locomotive or car.
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4. Roll truck through turnout and make adjustments
5. Roll car through turnout and make more adjustments
J. Solder frog and guard rails. Use rosin core solder to fill the flange ways ...
A lot of trucks, tanks and supplies are being loaded (or unloaded) on the two Army trains.
- The cars or trucks that are reflected in the mirror can be altered (cut in half and re-glued together) so that they either have a front on both ends or a rear on both ends.
Pony Truck The casting and wheel set or wheel sets which make up the leading wheels of most steam locomotives, intended to guide locomotives through curves and switches, and used to properly distribute the weight of the locomotive.
Pony truck: A two-wheel truck (US) or bogie (UK) at the front of a locomotive.[47] ...
Pony Truck
RAILWAYS. A two-wheeled bogey at the front of a locomotive. I suspect that this term might only be used in the USA.
Portal
TRAINZ. A feature introduced with TRS2004 SP2. A portal acts as a "teleport".
Remove the trucks from the passenger car. Install the brushes and brush holder on one or both trucks. Solder a wire to the outer housing of each brush. Install the metal wheels in the trucks.
Step 4: Install new trucks
Remove the old EMD trucks by pulling firmly down and to the side. Insert the new Alco trucks by firmly pressing them straight up into the frame.
Mid-Car Diversion A condition that exists when one (or more) trucks of a train consist or car moves onto a different track that the rest of the consist or car.
cleaners o erasers o fine sandpaper o lithium grease o light machine oil o test lamp (or multi-meter) Specialty tools available from parts suppliers: o track pliers o wheel puller o arbor press (step up from a vise) o spring bender AF Diesel truck ...
Originally used when truck trailers were loaded onto flat cars for shipment by rail. Pilot An employee assigned to a train when the engineer or conductor is not acquainted with the rules or portion of a railroad over which the train is to be moved.
When load is not longitudinally centered on car, the axles of the truck closest to longitudinal center of gravity of load will carrying a greater total load than the axles of the truck farthest from the center of gravity of the load and their ...
Bo-Bo (Europe): A locomotive with a 4 wheel per truck configuration, each individually powered, as opposed to a 6-wheel "Co-Co" configuration.
An electric conductor located alongside the running rail from which power is collected by means of a sliding contact shoe attached to the truck of electric equipment.
Throat of frog.
TOFC - A trailer on a flatcar system of intermodal transport on which truck trailers are carried.
Token - Authority for train to enter single line section. Of different forms including wooden staff, electric staff, tablet, key token.
See also A1A-A1A and Co-Co Body Bolster See Bolster Bogie A 4- or 6-wheeled truck used in pairs under long-bodied railway vehicles.
After glueing the casting to the frame, I tested the loco on some track and noticed that the leading truck would not navigate any corners. This happened for two reasons.
I held my chassis modification to the front cylinders, replacing the pilot truck and cutting down the oversize flanges of the trailing truck. The superstructure cried out for a bashing and I yielded to temptation. The cab now has a B.W. RR look.
The booster was located on the rear axle of the trailing truck (usually) or the fore axle of the forward truck on the tender. Most booster engines were built by the Franklin Steam Engine Co.
"Building Better Scale Model Cars and Trucks: Detailing Tips and Techniques"; Pat Covert; 1998
"Build and Detail Model Cars Like a Pro"; Terry Jessee; 2001
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Even on 72" or larger curves it often doesn't work well because each coupling arm points straight ahead on each wheel truck and it doesn't align well with the other coupling and they may miss making the proper fit.
 See also: Track, Train, Engine, Locomotive, Car
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