Nathan’s Wheelhouse | Bogie Pack 1

Over the past 6 months, I have accumulated quite a few locomotive trucks from ongoing or set aside projects. Since many of these bogies are simply copies from real life blueprints, I figured I would make them public. I have welded 15 of my more applicable electric traction bogie designs, as well as a recently made unpowered one, and I would encourage you to use them in your builds should the blueprints call for them.

One word of warning, be careful when handling this creation in full. I would recommend that you chop off sections or singular bogies at a time; releasing the full creation from your lift will cause frame rate loss!

Mod Collection:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1586982586

7u Bogie 1: GE Fabricated Switcher Truck
General Electric’s early switchers, such as the “44 Tonner” and similarly constructed units of various tonnage, are known to use these bogies.

7u Bogie 2: Baldwin 84-35S
These bogies are notable for being used under the “Red Car” or “Blimp” cars run by various interurbans controlled by or related to Southern Pacific.

7u Bogie 3: Commonwealth with 3rd Rail Pick-up
Many of the Key System’s later interurban cars used the Commonwealth bogies to pick up electricity from their third rail electrification in addition to their normal application of deploying power from overhead wires.

7u Bogie 4: Commonwealth
Commonwealth bogies were fairly popular amongst early interurban cars and larger streetcars of various operators.

7u Bogie 5: Baldwin-style Commonwealth
Sharing no relation to the streetcar Commonwealths besides the name, these 6 axle trucks bore an asymmetrical wheelbase, signature of many Baldwin Locomotive Works designs. Baldwin-style Commonwealth bogies were used under various early locomotives from Baldwin and Fairbanks Morse on locomotives such as the H-24-66 “Train Master.”

7u Bogie 6: AAR Type B / “ALCO” Bogie
As a design made standard by the American Association of Railroads, American Locomotive Company outfitted virtually all of their 4 axle diesel electric locomotives with these trucks. The popularity of the design spilled over into other locomotive manufacturers, with many General Electric, Fairbanks Morse and Baldwin locomotives using the truck as standard. Eventually, EMD locomotives also found themselves riding on ALCO Bogies.

7u Bogie 7: Blomberg B
Since 1939, nearly all EMD locomotives have ridden on derivations of the Blomberg B. The bogie is fine tuned for great ride quality and has since been expanded upon in more recent designs such as the Blomberg M and Blomberg X in 1972 and 2007 respectively.

5u Bogie 1: 5u UM6B Bogie
As SAR/Spoornet/Railnet no longer have a need for their 2ft narrow gauge GE UM6Bs, some are being bought and resold using similar bogies regauged for Cape and 3t narrow gauge.

5u Bogie 2: 5u GE Fabricated Switcher Truck
With many General Electric switchers being built to operate on narrow gauge, trucks similar to those used on their standard gauge counterparts have been narrowed to support smaller gauges.

3u Bogie 1: 3u UM6B Bogie
When South African Railways ordered 20 of the largest 2ft narrow gauge diesels ever built, they initially ran on these bogies from General Electric. Nearly all bogies have since been scrapped or widened for broader gauges.

3u Bogie 2: 3u NG Hi-Ad (Fictional)
Inspired by American Locomotive Company’s “Hi-Ad,” or High-Adhesion trucks, these bogies were designed to run under the fictional MB12 series of narrow gauge electric diesels electric locomotives.

3u Bogie 3: 3u Small Traction Bogie 2 (Fictional)
Inspired by the low-slung trucks of standard gauge streetcars, these bogies are designed for light-duty electric locomotives and trams for 3u and 3.5u narrow gauge.

3u Bogie 4: 3u Small Traction Bogie 1 (Fictional)
These bogies are identical to their aforementioned counterparts aside from the shortened wheelbase.

3u Bogie 5: 3u Freight Bogie 1 (Fictional)
With no particular real-life counterpart, these unpowered bogies are inspired by those used under On30 model rolling stock.

2u Bogie 1: Crochat Bogie
Driven by chain from a singular traction motor, these bogies ran under Crochat’s 500mm narrow gauge Type 5L6 50 diesel electric steeple cabs.

2u Bogie 2: 2u Traction Bogie (Fictional)
With no particular inspiration, these small, compact 4-axle bogies are designed for light-duty electric locomotives and trams for 2u narrow gauge.