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Post by nsc39d8 on Oct 5, 2020 16:39:56 GMT -8
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Post by fishbelly on Oct 5, 2020 16:51:11 GMT -8
OK, so they used the entire Bowser truck. That is nice. No way of putting those under the old yellow box units though. That is OK. I was not planning on having HI-ADs under my C415's. The nice thing is that the Kato AAR B trucks are the correct 9'-4" wheel base.
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Post by lvrr325 on Oct 6, 2020 20:51:58 GMT -8
I was about to say, they used the whole thing, and I'd be shocked if Bowser doesn't have any left.
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Post by simulatortrain on Oct 7, 2020 3:42:07 GMT -8
The hi-ad units seem a little more prone to wobble due to track imperfections than those with AARs. I haven't yet looked into whether anything can be done to make them a little more sure on their feet.
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Post by riogrande on Oct 7, 2020 4:05:12 GMT -8
What is ATT. I haven't seen that abreviation before.
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Post by fishbelly on Oct 7, 2020 5:15:49 GMT -8
ATT = American Train & Track Corp.
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Post by riogrande on Oct 7, 2020 5:49:15 GMT -8
Thanks. I have never heard of them.
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Post by Christian on Oct 7, 2020 6:52:47 GMT -8
Thanks. I have never heard of them. Youngster! |
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Post by riogrande on Oct 7, 2020 7:20:58 GMT -8
Thanks. I have never heard of them. Youngster! It's all relative isn't it! So when was ATT manufactured. I began reading MR magazine in the early 1970's while in Jr. High but probably didn't start paying attention to brands much until mid-1980's when I got back into HO after a stint with N scale. |
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Post by fishbelly on Oct 7, 2020 7:42:23 GMT -8
The ATT C415 was released in 1969
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Post by riogrande on Oct 7, 2020 7:54:59 GMT -8
I've heard of other stuff produced in the 60's but this one stayed off my radar. But I was watching bloody nose SP SD45's cruise by the horse ranch out side Travis Air Force Base at that time. Pics plz.
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Post by milgentrains on Oct 7, 2020 10:32:13 GMT -8
Thanks. I have never heard of them. Youngster! The first lpcomotive that I ever bought with my own money was an ATT Alco RS-11 in Penn Central colors way back in 1970 from an Hobbies For men ad in Model railroader. |
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Post by fishbelly on Oct 9, 2020 18:17:04 GMT -8
Today I designed a set of end platform stanchions for the C415. I am having them printed in fine detail plastic and also in brass to see how those come out.
I designed them to be the exact same dimensionally as the Atlas stanchions. The difference is these mount to the face of the pilot instead of on top. It will be most interesting to see how they turn out or even if they will work.
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Post by lvrr325 on Oct 10, 2020 3:25:15 GMT -8
American Train & Track was another importer, like AHM, that was fairly short lived.
Among the things they had were a couple of bridge kits, a brick three arch about a foot long and a concrete with one long arch, plus Tri-Ang RDCs, the RSO (eventually known as Mehano) C415 and an FT which had .. odd proportions including a too-short nose, and used the same drive as AHM FM C-liners. I guess the RS11, too, but that first showed up here in some very late Varney and early Life-Like sets. The C415, RS11 and AHM RS2 shared drive as well.
The brick bridge has a molded on plaque indicating it's a Southern Railway prototype. I don't know that anyone else has ever brought them here since.
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Post by Christian on Oct 10, 2020 5:58:04 GMT -8
The brick bridge has a molded on plaque indicating it's a Southern Railway prototype. That's Southern as in English railroads, not USA. Among the manufacturers contributing to the AT&T line was Tri-ang of England. Pola (Germany) also did some of the AT&T stuff. Here's a fan site that has lots of stuff on AT&T. tycotrain.tripod.com/atttrainsresource/index.html |
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Post by edwardsutorik on Oct 10, 2020 6:41:44 GMT -8
It's a shame the old site is being dismantled, or whatever it's called. It was always fun to go look at old AHM freight cars, and study up on 'em: tycotrain.tripod.comThe new White River version seems pretty incomplete in comparison: ho-scaletrains.com/welcome/Ed |
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Post by lvrr325 on Oct 11, 2020 22:35:43 GMT -8
Yes, I don't understand what they're doing there with that site. The old one was nice, well organized and easy to research things with.
I did say the line included some Tri-ang pieces.
There also was a little brass 0-4-0 that was probably Japanese prototype. It was a strange mix of things, seems to have been based as much on what they could import that no one else was as much as anything.
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