100 Ton truck options for Atlas 100 ton open hopper

[daniel_leavitt2000]

The 1139 will be available commercially starting May.

[nscaler711]

So are these the only MTL trucks whose span does not rise to meet the bolster? Cause if that's the case I will buy a bunch, till Atlas gets BLMA 100t trucks out again that is...
But if the spans raise to meet the bolsters then these are worthless to me, I want to lower my cars, not raise... I don't model O gauge for a reason...

[nkalanaga]

No, the bolsters are at the same height as standard MT trucks.  The frames on most 100 ton trucks are taller than on 50/70 ton trucks, so they stick up a little above the bolster, but they won't change the height of your cars.

Not all N scale cars sit too high, so there are many where the "standard" bolster is still the better choice.

[reinhardtjh]

No, the 1035 are 70 ton Barber roller bearing trucks.

The trucks I am using are the 1139 100 Ton Barber roller bearing trucks, which are only available direct from MTL at this point (see prior posts in this thread).

Mark

They just showed up at MBK: http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Micro-Trains-N-00302080-100-Ton-Barber-Trucks-p/mtl-00302080.htm

Also listed in the BLW "New Micro Trains" Page: http://www.blwnscale.com/mt-new.htm

Although both have the incorrect list price (and therefore, presumably, incorrect discounted price)according to this post by Joe:

Pricing error... they should be $4.45 a pair.  We are fixing the web now.

Joe
MTL

[nkalanaga]

Feather River Trains also lists them, although they don't say "1139", just the modern MT number.