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Did DL&W MU cars ever get roller bearing trucks?

Discussion relating to the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, the Erie, and the resulting 1960 merger creating the Erie Lackawanna. Visit the Erie Lackawanna Historical Society at http://www.erielackhs.org/.

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Re: Did DL&W MU cars ever get roller bearing trucks?

  by njt4172
 
JoeG wrote:I was wondering if the Lackawanna MU cars ever got roller bearing trucks, since they remained in service till the eighties.
YUP! Most, if not all the motor cars had roller bearing trucks.......Only some of the low roof trailer cars got their roller bearings put in later....Most trailer cars though had the friction bearing trucks up until their retirement in 1984......
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