shortliner Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 First the questionI picked up the March MR today. On page 19 there is a Walthers Advert, and at the lower half they have Scenemaster trucks - the old Boley range methinks Top left truck is called a 2 axle tractor, and the nthird is called a Single axle tractor, but they both have the same formation single tire at the front, and a pair of tires at the rear. Doest this mean that the 2 axle is what we would call "four wheel drive"? (ie both front and rear are driven wheras the second only drives the rear wheels)And now the comment - intrigued to see the E149th Street Bronx Terminal in N is 5' x 9' and seems to have more trackage that doesn't appear in any of the plans I have seen, where-as my version in HO was less that half that size. I know it is claimed that everything is bigger in Texas - but this one is in Pennsylvania! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Sounds like somebody has fluffed the copyrighting/pics for the ad then Jack.  On the Walthers website they list:  'Dual axle' tractors (I.E. a 3 axle tractor with 2 drive axles at the rear) http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/949-11180  'Single axle' tractors (I.E. a 2 axle tractor with 1 drive axle at the rear) http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/949-11131  (Edit to put in product links) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Yes - the single axle tractor is listed as 949-11191 4900 Single axle tractor the  949-11131 is refered to as a 4300 2 axle tractor, - and then jut to confuse us on the side of the pond there are 2 listed but not shown -  949-11530 4900 2 axle Semi Tractor, and 949-11590 4900 Single axle Semi Tractor - which I thought is what the first ones were.   Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I'm guessing what they really have are single and dual axle tractors in both 4300 and 4900 variants. And yes, I'm certain the Scenemaster range is the old Boley range. Â Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodmayes Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 - intrigued to see the E149th Street Bronx Terminal in N is 5' x 9' and seems to have more trackage that doesn't appear in any of the plans I have seen, where-as my version in HO was less that half that size. I know it is claimed that everything is bigger in Texas - but this one is in Pennsylvania!  Did you/could you/ please post a picture of yours?  TIA Ted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 I can do better than that - thanks for asking - here is the thread http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/3354-jacks-in-or-shortliners-shortline/ Hope you aren't in a hurry - there are 15 pages Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Stewart Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I picked up the March MR today. Thanks for the heads up - headed down to the newsagents and collected same. Impressive photo of Damascus in O on page 92. Â Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado64 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 hate to be pedantic but they're dual and tripple axle tractors as for HGVs the front axle is included for taxation and weight limmits purposses here in the UK !! also fronts are rarely driven on tractor units as if you don't have enough grip on normal roads with that type of vehicle it's time to cash yer chips in and go home !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 hate to be pedantic but they're dual and tripple axle tractors as for HGVs the front axle is included for taxation and weight limmits purposses here in the UK !! also fronts are rarely driven on tractor units as if you don't have enough grip on normal roads with that type of vehicle it's time to cash yer chips in and go home !! Except in North America the lead axle is usually ignored when describing trucks. A tri-axle dump truck actually has 4 axles.  Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodmayes Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I can do better than that - thanks for asking - here is the thread http://www.rmweb.co....ners-shortline/ Hope you aren't in a hurry - there are 15 pages  Thanks. I very much enjoyed going through the whole thread. Very nice use of limited space without losing the functionality.  Ted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 Thanks Ted - glad you enjoyed it and found it interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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