Gilbert fixed this problem but not until 1952. Up until then the sheet metal trucks were short with two vertical spring imprints between the journal boxes. In 1952 the long trucks were introduced which have three spring impressions between the journal boxes. Among the 0-8-0's only the 1952 342 had these longer trucks. That solved this and other issues. All the knuckle coupler 343's, 346's etc are fine.
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