Steinzeit posted:BetaNuSigmaPhi postedNice picture, do you have any book title or ISBN number? Of course, in my O gauge collection I have also Swiss and French Lima coaches. Lima used two different types of trucks (something like vintage Orient Express style and modern style, I don't remember exactly) for the O gauge passenger cars...
- The book is titled "Fiat Materiale Ferrotranviario"; it was published by Fiat as a catalogue for general information of their rail products since 1945 to the publication date, whenever that was, as a marketing tool; it was Fiat Publication [ "Stampato"] Nr 2134.
- I have been collecting Lima 0 gauge since about 1979 and have a fairly comprehensive collection, and I have never seen a Lima 0 gauge passenger car in this range that was not factory-fitted with these trucks. I have however seen these vehicles with other trucks substituted for operation on tinplate track [ although just substituting Lionel postwar wheelsets in the Lima truck frames works equally well ]. I am also aware that over the years there have been modellers who have made for sale alternate sideframes for the Lima coaches, for example the SNCF Y24 type for use under French vehicles.
- If you do an internet search for " Carrelli FS tipo 24 " you should find a nice dimensioned diagram of the 'Lima' truck as well as other Italian bogie types.
With best regards,
SZ
Thanks for the valuable information.
In the vintage Lima catalogs we can find depicted coaches, which may (or not) be missing from the collection:
page 77-81 catalog http://mmiwakoh.de/Eigene%20Webs/PDFLima1976.pdf
Here is the original truckframe with plastic wheels of an O scale full length Rivarossi passenger coach, which can be replaced against heavier massive metal and diecast parts...
Full length coaches are good for shelf display or to operate point-to-point on a modular layout, but for suitable for oval layout with narrow curves.
