Proper RS-10/RSC-14/RS-18 & RSC-13 Hood Ends

[chrismears]

So the U23B does appear to be the way to go. Looks like it's time for me to venture out into the world to find one of these trucks to play around with.

I found this thread on Trainorders that nicely speaks to the interchangeability of these sideframes:
www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?3,468087

This is another interesting thread that is very close to what we're discussing:
forum.atlasrr.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=60884
(in terms of the U23B truck under an RS11)

[tjmfishing]

Sept 24, 2014 19:52:44 GMT -5 chrismears said:

So the U23B does appear to be the way to go. Looks like it's time for me to venture out into the world to find one of these trucks to play around with.

I found this thread on Trainorders that nicely speaks to the interchangeability of these sideframes:
www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?3,468087

This is another interesting thread that is very close to what we're discussing:
forum.atlasrr.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=60884
(in terms of the U23B truck under an RS11)

After spending months searching for AAR-B trucked U23b's for my M420's, it would seem that there seems to be an abundance of the other trucked versions (I forget the name of those sideframes) as opposed to the AAR-B'ed versions.

[dtinut]

The FB2 truck and the Blombergs share the same wheelbase, so the same truck is used, and is why the U23B , and probably the B23/30-7 model use a different truck design.

Otherwise Atlas would have 2 different frames.

Mopac & Sant Fe both had the AAR-B trucks...
Just watched one sell for 40.

Brian