To paraphrase Vane Jones, "Knowledge is of little value until shared with others."

Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Merry Christmas 2019 and a Happy New Year 2020!

As a Christian Christmas means to me peace, joy, understanding, patience, and more. Therefore, peace, joy, understanding, patience, and more to you and your love ones no matter what your religious believes are!

Happy New Year to all in 2020!

We were getting ready to place a wreath on a large clear glass window in our living room. As a ladder was placed in location to install the wreath on the window, it was 1st placed on the floor. Almost immediately our cat Sweetie jumped into the center of the wreath to take a knap. So Merry Cat Christmas to all of you from Sweetie.





Cheers,
Ed


Sunday, December 22, 2019

Wagner Car Company Truck Book No. 4 - Part 2

These are the balance of the pages in Book No. 4 plus some supplemental sheets.




While the "Elevated Car Trucks" were intended for the Chicago Rapid Transit (CRT)/Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) 4000 cars there were other CRT/CTA cars these trucks could be used for. 

The addition of the wheel guards to these trucks made these trucks the true North Shore Line standard trucks. Note the underbody detail is mounted on a brass plate which in turn is mounted to the bottom of the model. 









Perhaps most interesting is this flyer which was not an official part of "Truck Book No. 4". If you recall in the inside cover of this catalogue was an "Editorial" which mentioned Rich's health problems. Rich had suffered a cardiac arrest (heart attack). This flyer was for a copy power truck to replace Wagner power trucks. HO parts were used. The motor is from an HO diesel locomotive. It used a plastic worm. The spring belt between the pullies was rubber. This power truck did not operate as good as a Wagner. I bought one. It worked but it wasn't the same as a Wagner. It's still in my parts bin.

Cheers,
Ed