Freight Bogies in Use in NSW

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The NSW modeler is well serviced by a number of manufacturers who produce a wide range of quality bogies suitable for use on models representing freight wagons dating from the end of the Second World War to the current day.

The following table lists several businesses producing good quality, free-rolling HO scale standard gauge plastic bogies with metal wheels. The list includes only relatively modern image freight bogies and a couple of these businesses also produce passenger bogies or bogies more appropriate for an earlier era.

In addition, there are other sources of HO bogies including cast brass bogies for some of the more unusual types such as the 2SA, cast white metal bogies, slightly lower quality plastic bogies with plastic wheel sets and imported bogies of foreign prototypes that closely match Australian bogies. As yet no Australian manufacturer produces a 70 ton bogie, however the prototype 70 t bogies have come from the US and a number of the major American model manufacturers produce HO bogies suitable for Australian models. Hanovale carries one such bogie and includes it in several kits. The only issue with the American-made bogies is that they have 26mm long axles whereas most Australian HO scale bogies have 25mm axles, so they are not interchangeable. And finally, there are some bogies for which there is no suitable HO model available anywhere; one example is the Manildra MGFH hopper.

References
There are several publications with photographs and descriptions of NSW freight bogies although they tend to be difficult to obtain.

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