This is not a model post! But the other day I received (unsolicited) a model brochure that showed models of what appear to be three axle single-trucked passenger and baggage cars. My first thought was "half a heavyweight". Do any of these little cars exist? I'm guessing they were designed for low-cost/low-speed on branch lines.<br>

If you're talking about the Walther's Piker & Oscar(I think that's what they're called) kits then I think you've been duped. I think they're reissues of kits from the 60s, and as far as I know they have to prototype. But dont't they look cute? (ugh!)<br>



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I kind of chuckled when I first saw these. I myself wondered if there was a prototype. Just imagine the ride one of them would give on rough rail.<p>Gerry<br>



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Thanks for the info. I thought maybe they looked a little unlikely but I was curious - it never hurts to ask. Thanks again to all.<br>

<P>Actually, there are prototypes, and I have had the pleasure of riding in one. In 1992, I was in Germany, working at IBM. On the weekends, I went railfanning. At the Pigtail Bahn line, down by the Swiss border in Baden-Wurtemburg, there was a car with 3 single axles wheelsets. I just about crawled under the car to figure out how this could be. They have a spring arrangement on the center axle to keep the wheelset centered. As the the car was an antique, I am going to guess that it was a logical extension of design when passenger cars began to increase in length. The car was longer than its two whheel counterparts. <br><br>




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