GSC Passenger Truck 41-CNS-11 (CIB)

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I have a drawer on my workbench with several of these Walthers Cornerstone passenger car trucks.

I have no idea what certain terms mean, and I am looking for help in making sense of them.

GSC means General Steel Castings, I believe.

What does 41-CNS-11 mean?

And, what does CIB stand for?

Thanks for any help that you can give me.

Rich

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Hi Rich,

After reading Your post this morning You got me curious, you are correct about what GSC means but as for rest I can’t find any thing. All I know is they are from Budd pass. cars. I found them in the Walters catalog. Now I too want to know what the rest means.

Cheers, Frank

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Frank,

You got me wondering if I should move this thread to Classic Trains or Prototype forum?

Rich

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There was an article in the February, 2005, MR by Kevin Holland called “Modeler’s Guide to Lightweight Passenger Trucks”. In the article was a section called “Cracking the Pullman code”. According to the article, the 41 meant that there were four wheels in the truck, and that there was 1 truck bolster. The C meant that the truck had a 9 foot wheelbase. The N meant that the journal pedestal-opening width (and I don’t have a clue what this actually is) was 13-3/8 inches. The S meant that the truck had roll stablizers. The 11 meant that the truck had 6" X 11" journal bearings.

I didn’t see any reference to the CIB in the article.

Hope this is helpful to you.

Regards

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maxman,

That was extraordinarily helpful. Thank you so much.

Rich