Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-parrot!goutal From: goutal@parrot.DEC Newsgroups: net.railroad Subject: trucks Message-ID: <147@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 12:37:47 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.147 Posted: Wed Dec 5 12:37:47 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 01:42:30 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 8 Can someone give me (us) a quick tutorial on freight trucks? I see the terms "Bettendorf", "arch-bar", "Timken Roller-Bearing", and am totally lost as to how to recognize them in the field, or what advantages and disadvantages each has, and what period each was used in. I only mentioned a few -- I'm sure there are others. -- Kenn Goutal ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-parrot!goutal ? Wed 5-Dec-1984 12:36 EST