HO Trucks Reference Charts
HO Truck Styles
Metal Fully Sprung Trucks bring lifelike movement and operation to your model railroading experience. The all metal construction ensures the durability and long-lasting operation you expect from Kadee®. Featuring real bolster springs, these trucks cushion the ride of your cars while providing real-life movements while in motion.
Metal Fully Sprung Trucks with Couplers combine all of the great features of our Metal Fully Sprung Trucks with the bulletproof functionality of our Whisker® Couplers. Specially designed to work seamlessly together, these trucks feature lifelike real spring truck operation and our legendary smooth coupler functionality.
Metal Fully Sprung Self-Centering Trucks feature all of the benefits of our Metal Fully Sprung Trucks such as real sprung bolsters and all metal construction. But we've also included our effortless self-centering design. Lifting the car automatically centers the trucks, allowing for easy placement onto the tracks. No more fiddling with wheel alignment - just lift it up and set it down.
HGC Self-Centering Trucks are made from a special High Gravity Compound (HGC) that allows for even greater deatil and accuracy. The split bolster design maintains efficient truck equalization while the low-friction axel design makes rolling even smoother. Featuring all metal wheels, these trucks weigh nearly the same as our all metal varieties.
HGC Self-Centering Electrical Pickup Trucks retain all of great features of our HGC trucks while adding the ability to draw electricity from the track. Power your onboard lights or electronics easily with these high quality trucks. Featuring a high level of deatail and Kadee®'s legendary craftsmanship, these trucks make customizing your railroad simple.
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Metal Fully Sprung |
Metal Fully Sprung |
Metal Fully Sprung |
HGC Self-Centering |
HGC Self-Centering |
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Code 110 and Code 88 Wheels
The terms Code 110 and Code 88 relate to the width of HO Scale wheels. Code 110 wheels are 0.110" wide whereas Code 88 wheels are 0.088" wide. Code 110 wheels are common standard-width wheels and are found on most models. Code 88 wheels (also referred to as "Semi-Scale" wheels) are used when modelers want a more prototypical looking wheel width.
An actual HO Scale prototypical wheel width would be around 0.067" wide. Although a 0.067” wide wheel would run OK on the average track, they will not function properly in common turnouts and crossings. Code 88 wheels are the minimum width that will run on most common tracks if gauged correctly.
There are very few operational differences between Code 110 and Code 88 wheels. Code 88 wheels look great on open frame cars like hoppers and tank cars. However, they still look great on boxcars, gondolas, and reefers – they’re just not as noticeable.
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Code 110 Wheels |
Code 88 Wheels |
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