I was looking thru a book about railroads and the ganite quarries in Barre, VT.
The were some very wooden flat cars that used truss rods over a single post
which I would call a King post rather than 2 queen posts. Has any one built any of these? I bought some queen posts but as ther are to be used in pairs, hey have a slight angle to lean toward the rod end. Likely these cars must have use shorter posts. I have been making truss rods from 1/16 brazing rod threaded with 1-72 nuts and threaded into the turn buckle. The 1-72 die cuts this size rod pretty easy. Anyone make any of these flats?
The were some very wooden flat cars that used truss rods over a single post
which I would call a King post rather than 2 queen posts. Has any one built any of these? I bought some queen posts but as ther are to be used in pairs, hey have a slight angle to lean toward the rod end. Likely these cars must have use shorter posts. I have been making truss rods from 1/16 brazing rod threaded with 1-72 nuts and threaded into the turn buckle. The 1-72 die cuts this size rod pretty easy. Anyone make any of these flats?