07 September 2012

Name this bogie...

Built as a 2CL in 1975, what would be the modern (i.e. Freighrail/FreightCorp) code for this bogie??
 
It is a National bogie with sideframe mounted friction wedges.
 
Please comment with your thoughts.
 
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  1. Railway InstituteSeptember 7, 2012 at 12:27 PM

    It would be an XCL.

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  2. Railway InstituteSeptember 7, 2012 at 12:30 PM

    Oh, and the friction wedges being in the sideframe indicates that it was a bogie of Industrial Steels manufacture to a "National" design. This was the competitor to Bradford Kendall (now Bradken) who manufactured Ride Control bogies, licenced from American Steel Foundries (ASF).

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    1. WagonfreakSeptember 7, 2012 at 1:49 PM

      G'day RI,

      I agree it would be an XCL (being a former 2CL), but XCL is still an older code. I am looking for a post 1980 code - of which one does not seem to exist.

      Also, Industrial Steels are not recorded for making 2CL or XCL bogies - only BK and Com Steel. I suspect the CSC cast mark is Com Steel. It is likely that Industrial Steels became Com Steel.

      Cheers

      Chris

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2012 at 8:32 PM

    Now known as a XLA bogie.

    cya
    BL262000

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  4. WagonfreakSeptember 7, 2012 at 9:28 PM

    Certainly not an XLA. Cheers.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2012 at 8:02 AM

    Almost a Lower Hung but with 36" dia wheels and 5'9" wheelebase and a straight frame. See here, http://www.robx1.net/b526_550/b531_29.htm
    SP

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