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 Posted - September 18 2010 : 09:57:33 AM
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Hey all,
Another mystery. What kind of truck is this?
Sorry for the blurry pic, I hope someone can identify it.
Is it a freight truck, or passenger truck? It is way to small and short to fit under those RivaRossi passenger cars I have.
It was actually under an F7 series dummy locomotive that had a metal frame.
No clue
Cheers, Ian
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Posted - September 18 2010 : 11:46:22 AM
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| That would be off of a streamliner passenger car.
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Posted - September 18 2010 : 12:12:00 PM
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Oh, ok. So it is a passenger truck. Hmmmm....interesting
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Posted - September 18 2010 : 6:03:40 PM
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Hi Ian. Need to see a better picture of the top of the Truck. Too dark and Blurry. If the frame is metal Could be a Athearn RDC truck.. I'm Not Positive...
Definitely has Rivarossi wheel sets.
I tried Lightning it and tried sharpening But, still was Poor. Try taking another. Carl
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Edited by - VintageHO on September 19 2010 7:20:08 PM
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Posted - September 18 2010 : 6:35:35 PM
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| Thought it could be that too...
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Posted - September 18 2010 : 9:16:07 PM
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| ok, I'll try
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Posted - September 19 2010 : 7:00:21 PM
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Is the frame plastic? The wheels are definitely Rivarossi, but if the truck itself was from a RR passenger car it should have a coupler pocket on one end, or the remnants of one if someone removed it. At first I was going to say Cab Forward lead truck, but that's not it.
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Posted - September 19 2010 : 7:42:15 PM
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Carl, you're right... it's an Athearn RDC truck that's been painted black and given Rivarossi wheels. I can see the screws on top now because of your photo tweaking.
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Posted - September 21 2010 : 5:41:40 PM
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Whats an RDC truck? It's white metal painted black.
Whats it used for?
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Posted - September 21 2010 : 7:17:43 PM
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Ian, A RDC is a style of self propell Passenger Car Athearn was one a few companies that made Athearn Started making them in the early 1950's They were Metal with a tenshodo power drive truck. around 1955 Athearn made them in Plastic with HiF Drive otherwise known as the rubber band drive. The trucks were unique to this model There were a few different types. The one you have is a dummy truck that someone changed the wheels to Rivarossi type wheel sets...All of the truck were unpainted metal.. Carl
Athearn Metal RDC1 Circa 1950's
!960's HiF Drive with Plastic shell
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