Switchers stalling? Please no.

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50' box cars, a not uncommon type of car from P2K found on many US layouts.
The extreme roadbed is the same as before. This is only for demonstration to show what can happen.




This car i modified by loosening or tightening the truck mounting screws so that the car can rock sidewards as Russ described before.
The wheels of the truck right in the photo were above the railhead.



This is the same type of car, also from P2K, which was modified to the 3-point suspension.
The left truck has no lateral movement and can only cantilevering for and aft.
The right truck can rock not only for and aft, but sidewards in both directions too.

How to do it?

Look to the bolster on the right. There simple two small pieces of styrene rods were glued besides the pivot. The car will rest by this rod dirctly on the truck. Rocking sidewards is eliminated in this manner. The other truck bolster is unchanged as factory delivered. Only the mounting screw is loosened.

This is the practicical application.
For those who want to learn more about the theoretical basics:
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But warning this is very pretentious. The basics for what i have done here is described in chapter 7.

Greetings Lutz