"Are those all metal trucks?"
Hi Bob, Yeah those are SHS S scale trucks, some kind of die cast metal with coil springs. MTH bought out SHS a couple of years ago but hasn't done much with the product line. S is a lot smaller than O scale( when I first started modeling in S it seemed tiny compared to my O stuff but now it seems normal) but S will fit into spaces that O can't which means more to me these days because I'm tired of maintaining a house with a large space for trains. I find S a lot easier to work with than HO scale yet still small enough for a smaller space. A 40 foot O-27 hi cube scales out to be about a 53 foot S scale car, they are a bit wide so I slice them down the centerline with a radial arm saw and glue them back together, I have a blade that is the thickness of the material needing to be removed so it only takes one cut.....DaveB
