WANTED, PRR Caboose Trucks & Brass

Scott Kwiatkowski · **Posted:** Sat Oct 13, 2012 8:23 am

Looking for a PRR caboose truck with the 3 ¾” X 7” journals and also looking for 3 ¾” X 7” brass & wedge.

Please let me know if you have one or the other or both or may know where ones might be.

Thanks,

Scott

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DLW1155 · **Joined:** Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:40 pm **Posts:** 3

You might try contacting the group in Pemberton, N. J. They have a complete PRR cabincar frame and trucks like those pictured in your post. I believe it was a wooden N6b that got torched.

Al Holleuffer

Les Beckman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:25 pm **Posts:** 6482

Scott -

This is a little off the subject, and I apologize for that. The photo you furnished shows a Pennsy cabin car (caboose) friction bearing truck with a large coil spring. Later, from the photos I have been able to find, PRR apparently went to friction bearing trucks with leaf springs, replacing the coil spring. When did this change occur? Was it before the Second World War? Right after the war? Or still later?

I hope you are successful in finding the PRR caboose truck with the 3-3/4" X 7" journals, and other parts, that you are looking for.

Les

Mr. Ed · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:09 pm

DLW1155 wrote:

You might try contacting the group in Pemberton, N. J. They have a complete PRR cabincar frame and trucks like those pictured in your post. I believe it was a wooden N6b that got torched.

Al Holleuffer

He has contacted us in the past with ridiculous offers for trucks. And the N6b was not torched. It was disassembled, by me, from a rotted hulk. The chassis was sent out and sandblasted and primed. We painted it black in preparation to rebuild the car.

Later!
Mr. Ed

o anderson · **Posted:** Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:50 pm

No need to beat your head against the wall between yourself and an unwilling seller (or buyer as the case may be). There are a number of PRR junker cabeese around, or some that might be considered junk once the paint job fades and bad things happen to it. O. Anderson

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23021987@N06/3511657310
PRR Steel caboose, Philadelphia, PA

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunmiffsys/4778307140
PRR caboose and boxcar, grand rapids, oh

http://www.flickr.com/photos/greendoor/481995761
PRR caboose, Van Wert, OH

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23475878@N07/2660982099
PRR and NKP cabeese, Conshocton, OH

http://www.flickr.com/photos/greendoor/538044627
PRR boxcar caboose, west liberty, oh

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fan-t/5323145607
RPO, PRR caboose, Troop Sleepers, Coke car and wood boxcar, Stuthers,OH

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cemeteryrodeo/311664475
PRR caboose, New Britain, CT

Rick Rowlands · **Posted:** Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:21 pm

The CR 23117 in Struthers, OH has roller bearing trucks. It also has those wacky triangular side bearing castings which have about 50 weld repairs to them.