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#315 Truck

Hi-Adhesion Trucks:

Tiger Valley Models makes Hi-Adhesion  truck side frames in Zamac (Zinc alloy). The are designed to fit on Tiger Valley's C-430 model but can be adapted to other trucks.

Drawing of a HiAd truck.

This is an enlargement of the last photo, showing the truck.  The #315 was delivered with what are known as "Hi-Adhesion" trucks.

Charles Tomashek provided a drawing and description of how Alco's Hi-Adhesion trucks worked.

Back to the 1969 Train Wreck photos.


Patricia Mathu photo, May 1969.

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