#551 Arch Bar Self Centering Trucks with 33" Ribbed Back Wheels - HO Scale
Metal Fully Sprung Equalized Trucks

Mounts with Kadee Self Centering bushing on a flat surface with a #2 or 2-56 screw or without the Kadee Self Centering bushing on a 0.140" or smaller molded on truck post secured with the original screw.

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 was allowed in interchange service until about 1941. 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 of way cars fitted with arch bar trucks well into the early 1970's. Many logging railroads also used them at least until then.


Metal Fully Sprung Trucks Features:

Self Centering Action - Trucks self align themselves parallel with the car for easier placement on track.
Code 110 (.110) #523 33" Ribbed Back Wheels
Accurate Markings
Incredible Detail True to Prototype
Non-Magnetic Metal Wheels
Highly Flexible Sprung Trucks
Metal Sideframes & Fully Sprung Self Centering Bolster
Smooth tracking Free Rolling Contoured Insulated Axles
RP-25 Free Rrolling Wheels
#637 HO Scale Truck Springs
Patent number 5,768,999

Package Includes:

(2) Each #551 Arch Bar Self Centering Trucks (assembled)
(2) Each Self Centering Bushing
(2) Each #2 Screw