Diesel Trucks
Blomberg Trucks
AAR Type A
The AAR Type A switcher truck has an 8 foot wheelbase. It is double equalized with drop equalizers. They are equipped with journals. GSC made the majority of these, though they cast some with the Alco logo on them. Adirondack did make some later versions of it.
The AAR Type A switcher truck was used by EMD, Baldwin, Alco, Lima, and Fairbanks-Morse on various models. Pennsy engines equipped with AAR Type A trucks included Alco S-3, S-4 and T-6, Baldwin VO660, VO1000, DS-4-4-600, DS-4-4-750, DS-4-4-1000, S-8 and S-12, EMD SW, SW1, NW2, SW7, SW900, SW1200 and Fairbanks-Morse H-10-44 and H-12-44.
Patent 2,137,074 provides detailed drawings and description of the AAR Type A Blomberg trucks.
AAR Type B
Blomberge
Six Wheel
U.S. Patent 2,189,125 provides detailed drawings and description of the Blomberg six-wheel truck.
EMD Radial Steer
Overview of EMD's patented Radial Steer truck.
GM HTC
- This is the same blueprint that Lee Wright used to build the incredible SD locomotive HTC trucks for his world class 7.5" gauge Electromotive diesel locomotives. Lee sold me this drawing and said; "If you ever want to build a GM SD locomotive, you will have to use this blueprint".
- It has incredible details of the three-axle HTC trucks as used on the iconic locomotives of the GM SD locomotive line of the 1970's, 80's and early 90's. I believe these were first sold on the new in 1972 on the SD-40-2 and they were the trucks to have all through the SD-60's until the HTC-II arrived on the SD-70's with its steerable features, and great complexity.