Section 17 - Tender Trucks

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Tender Trucks. I picked up a set of 3-axle commonwealth trucks in November 2008 which I will use instead of the supplied USRA bettendorfs. One problem: the homemade castings do not have an engineering print with them. We have to figure out how to machine them.

1-July-09 Bill and I strategize the machining approach with the three-axle commonwealth castings I purchased. The castings did not come with an engineering drawing and the NYC prototype drawing available does not match thse castings. The closest match are drawings from the