{"id":221,"date":"2014-05-18T15:58:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T15:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/?p=221"},"modified":"2021-06-24T19:52:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T19:52:22","slug":"caboose-trucks-for-american-oo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/?p=221","title":{"rendered":"Caboose Trucks for American OO by North Yard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday morning I got curious, what was the article 5 years ago today? It was one on a great truck project I had inherited, on some Sn3.5 arch bar trucks from New Zealand that another OO gauger had purchased to use in American OO. The trucks are by North Yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/North-Yard-1.jpg?resize=640%2C331&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/North-Yard-1.jpg?w=999&amp;ssl=1 999w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/North-Yard-1.jpg?resize=300%2C155&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/North-Yard-1.jpg?resize=768%2C397&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What had got me stalled then was I did not have a drill press and there were so many holes to drill (and tap) in lost wax castings. And actually, the earlier article did not say this, but I had another type of truck from the same firm, the truck you see here that is a close stand-in for a leaf spring Bettendorf truck. The spring hanger is narrow and a couple details are bit different than North American practices, but then again these look a LOT better than Scale-Craft trucks! This car being by Scale-Craft; it was my very first OO scale caboose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/North-Yard-2.jpg?resize=478%2C252&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2725\" width=\"478\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/North-Yard-2.jpg?w=888&amp;ssl=1 888w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/North-Yard-2.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/North-Yard-2.jpg?resize=768%2C406&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I now have two pair of these together and rolling with parts for a third, seen in the second photo. Not shown are the wheelsets and the bearing inserts. These roll great! I believe these were used on a class of tank car in New Zealand, and due to a quirk of gauges and scales are just about dead on for American OO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What really had me stalled originally was no I had no drill press. I subsequently obtained a stand for my Dremel tool that is a good imitation, and I made a jig to help hold the side frames when drilling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/North-Yard-3.jpg?resize=432%2C246&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/North-Yard-3.jpg?w=432&amp;ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/North-Yard-3.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The last photo is a close up of a finished truck, but this one on a Lionel caboose. While everything is set up I will try to finish all the North Yard trucks on hand. I will run out of the North Yard bolsters but have some others scoped out that I can modify to work, and I may be short a few screws but should get all the remaining pair running in the next month or so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building up the first two pair of these was a great quick break and it is good to see my modeling skills going up a bit over time as well. I have a specific caboose project in mind for the final set of these parts; perhaps having them will get that project moving along soon as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UPDATE: I got all of the North Yard trucks from this project together, including four pair of the arch bar trucks featured in the article 5 years ago. Now to build up some cars worthy of them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday morning I got curious, what was the article 5 years ago today? 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