HO Arch Bar Trucks w/33 Ribbed Back Wheels (Metal)

KADEE Item number 501

The Arch Bar Truck is typical of these trucks from around the turn of the century. Despite the age of these trucks, they saw more than seventy years of service in some applications. The arch bar trucks were used into the 1920s, and they were later banned from interchange after Dec. 31, 1939. On railroads that were not common carriers such as logging or other industrial lines, this restriction of the trucks did not apply since the trucks did not operate on rails other than the owner's. The Northern Pacific, for example, used truss rod frame maintenance away cars fitted with arch bar trucks well into the early 1970's. Many logging railroads also used them at least until then.

Truck Features:
Code 110 (.110 wide) 33 ribbed back standard wheels
Accurate markings
Incredible detail True to prototype
Non-magnetic Metal wheels
Highly Flexible sprung trucks
Metal SideFrames & Fully Sprung Bolster
Smooth tracking Free rolling Contoured Insulated Axles
RP-25 Free rolling wheels