@bob2 posted:Yeah - the 700 trucks and couplers were light years ahead of their time. So far I have not captured any Auels with lifting journal box lids. I am passively looking.
Somewhere I have one Auel three-axle Pullman-style truck with the opening lids; quite impressive. Having said that, I prefer Lobaugh trucks. Too bad Lobaugh did not last into the 100-ton roller-bearing era.