edsmith0075 Posted October 16, 2015 Posted October 16, 2015 Greetings, I have been scouring the boards trying to find a design that fits well for my double stack well cars that Im building. The freight cars are 8 wide and I am struggling to figure out a way to attach bogies in between the connected cars and/as well as the end cars that have couplers. I was unable to take pictures of my builds in progress this morning, rushing out the door to work. I will post these later this evening. My build is greatly credited to and I have been using pictures of his awesome well cars to build my own. I don't take credit for the majority of my builds design ( Here is the page with all the pics ) http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/4069 Here are the pictures that I have been using to build mine off of... http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/J-2/8wide/bncontainer4.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/J-2/8wide/bncontainer5.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/J-2/8wide/bncontainer8.jpg This is the design I used on my 6 wide well cars... Comparison of the 2 Bogies used. by Bob, on Flickr I liked it for those models but would like to use the "Jacobs Bogie" style for my 8 wide models. Its just more detailed and I like it. I built several jacobs bogies but am struggling to have them attach to the train cars. Thanks in advance for the feedback Im looking forward to finishing my build this weekend. * I apologize to the moderators if the images are to big or incorrect. I could not find BBCode for them but did add the links below pics. Quote
Imanol BB Posted October 16, 2015 Posted October 16, 2015 Hi, im not very expert in lego trains, but i have designed this bogie that works with 2 cars, also i dont remember who designed the sliding wheels: Quote
dr_spock Posted October 16, 2015 Posted October 16, 2015 You can attach those bogies to Technic plates (with holes) at the end of the car. I use tan pin to axle connector instead of a 2L axle for my MPM train. It keeps the bogie from falling off when I lift the unit off the rails. Quote
Dan-147 Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) A few years ago I made two 7-stud wide articulated double-stack well cars, one a Gunderson 3-unit car and the other one was a TTX 5-unit car. I made instructions only for the Gunderson car since the TTX was basically the same only simpler. I tried to upload them to the Railbricks site but that site seems to be in limbo now so I uploaded to Bricksafe instead: http://bricksafe.com...ntainer Car.pdf Thanks to LEGO's tight curves, I had to cheat on the Jacobs bogies. Instead of having a single pivot on the center of the bogie on which both cars are articulated, each car has a separate pivot near it's end of the bogie. The end bogies are articulated in the same manner so they can cope with the tight curves. They should pivot under extensions of the car frame. While this is not prototypical it has the unexpected benefit of making it easier to go from 1-unit to 5-unit since each unit is the same. Hope this can be helpful. Dan-147 Edited October 17, 2015 by Dan-147 Quote
Imanol BB Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 Hi again, i also made an small experiment and i made my own version, i will post the LXF soon as i finish some details: Quote
edsmith0075 Posted October 20, 2015 Author Posted October 20, 2015 Thank you for all the awesome replies, Dan147 you models are awesome and I'm grateful for your instructions. Here are updated pics of what I have done so far... 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr Here are the trucks/bogies I am working on, If anyone has insight to improve these feel free to let me know... 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr 8 Wide TTX Intermodal Well Cars by Ed Smith, on Flickr Quote
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