Kato / China made Con-Cor SW truck wheelbase ?

[scaro]

Pretty much what the title says. I was looking at one for sale at a decent price, just wondering if anyone had a caliper and the loco handy for a measurement of the truck wb.

Regards, Ben

[tehachapifan]

My calipers' batteries are dead t the moment but, having worked with many of these drives in the past, I believe that the wheelbase of a single truck (not the wheelbase from truck to truck) is shorter than the truck of, say, a Lifelike switcher. I never measured them, but I was able to tell when attempting to use sideframes from a LL switcher, or one of its successors, over one of these trucks (I used MT SW1500 sideframes on my SW1500 bashes using these drives/trucks). The bearings don't quite line up. It's not terrible, but it is noticeable if you look closely. Hope this helps!

[scaro]

Thank you. I can't remember whether it was this loco or the Arnold S2 where someone said the truck w/b was more like 14mm or 14.5mm or something (think true-to-scale in N would be 15.2mm)

Ben

[rrjim1]

I'm getting between 13.5 - 13.6.

[scaro]

Thank you.