Kadee Arch Bar Fully Sprung Metal Trucks — 33″ Ribbed-Back All-Metal Non-Magenetic Wheels – 1 Pair – 380-972

#972 Arch Bar Trucks with 33 inch ribbed back wheels (29mm)
Large Scale, (1:29 Scale Ratio “G” Scale)

1 Pair

Mounts with a #4 screw.

Commonly used 1890’s and early 1900’s – Allowed in interchange service until about 1941.

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 were used into the 1920s, They were 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
• All Metal Non-Magnetic 2 Piece Self Equalizing Black Trucks
• #961 Large Scale 29mm, (1:29) 33 in. Ribbed Back All Metal Non-Magnetic Black Wheels with Free Rolling Insulated Axles
• Runs on 45mm Track
• Clip on pads & brake rigging
• Mounting Adapters for Bachmann, USA Trains, Aristo-Craft, LGB & PIKO Included
• Manufactured and assembled entirely in the U.S.A.

Truck Mounting Adapters
BACHMANN
USA TRAINS
ARISTO-CRAFT (REA), LGB & PIKO

If you are installing Kadee® large scale trucks on a car with factory trucks that came with larger diameter wheels like (30mm, 31mm 32.5mm or 35mm wheels). The truck mounting adapters we have provided with the Kadee® trucks should compensate for wheel diameter changes so your body mount Kadee® couplers will retain the correct coupler height. Always check your coupler height with a Kadee® coupler height gauge, fine tuning may be necessary.