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.

Metal Fully Sprung	Metal Fully Sprung with Couplers	Metal Fully Sprung Self-Centering	HGC Self-Centering	HGC Self-Centering Electrical Pickup

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.

Code 110 Wheels (0.110" width)	Code 88 Wheels (0.088" width)

HO Scale Trucks Chart

		Metal Fully Sprung	Metal Fully Sprung with Couplers	Metal Fully Sprung Self-Centering	HGC Self-Centering Code 110 Wheels	HGC Self-Centering Code 88 Wheels	HGC Self-Centering Electrical Pickup
A.S.F. 100-Ton	Smooth Wheels	513 #513 Metal Fully Sprung - Smooth Wheels		555 #555 Metal Fully Sprung Self-Centering - Smooth Wheels	569 #569 HGC Self-Centering - Code 110 Smooth Wheels	1569 #1569 HGC Self-Centering - Code 88 Smooth Wheels
A.S.F. Barber S-2 ACL	Smooth Wheels				560 #560 HGC Self-Centering - Code 110 Smooth Wheels	1560 #1560 HGC Self-Centering - Code 88 Smooth Wheels
A.S.F. Ride Control	Smooth Wheels	504 #504 Metal Fully Sprung - Smooth Wheels		552 #552 Metal Fully Sprung Self-Centering - Smooth Wheels	562 #562 HGC Self-Centering - Code 110 Smooth Wheels	1562 #1562 HGC Self-Centering - Code 88 Smooth Wheels
	Ribbed Wheels				563 #563 HGC Self-Centering - Code 110 Ribbed Wheels	1563 #1563 HGC Self-Centering - Code 88 Ribbed Wheels
Andrews (1898)	Ribbed Wheels	509 #509 Metal Fully Sprung - Ribbed Wheels	510 #510 Metal Fully Sprung w/ Couplers - Ribbed Wheels	553 #553 Metal Fully Sprung Self-Centering - Ribbed Wheels	571 #571 HGC Self-Centering - Code 110 Smooth Wheels	1571 #1571 HGC Self-Centering - Code 88 Smooth Wheels
Arch Bar	Smooth Wheels						593 #593 HGC Self-Centering Electrical Pickup
	Ribbed Wheels	501 #501 Metal Fully Sprung - Ribbed Wheels	503 #503 Metal Fully Sprung w/ Couplers- Ribbed Wheels	551 #551 Metal Fully Sprung Self-Centering - Ribbed Wheels	561 #561 HGC Self-Centering - Code 110 Ribbed Wheels	1561 #1561 HGC Self-Centering - Code 88 Ribbed Wheels
	Caboose Trucks				583 #583 HGC Self-Centering Caboose - Code 110 Ribbed Wheels	1583 #1583 HGC Self-Centering Caboose - Code 88 Ribbed Wheels
Barber Bettendorf	Caboose Trucks				582 #582 HGC Self-Centering - Code 110 Smooth Wheels	1582 #1582 HGC Self-Centering - Code 88 Smooth Wheels
Barber S-2	Smooth Wheels	518 #518 Metal Fully Sprung - Smooth Wheels		558 #558 Metal Fully Sprung Self-Centering - Smooth Wheels	570 #570 HGC Self-Centering - Code 110 Smooth Wheels	1570 #1570 HGC Self-Centering - Code 88 Smooth Wheels
Barber S-2-B	Smooth Wheels				566 #566 HGC Self-Centering - Code 110 Smooth Wheels	1566 #1566 HGC Self-Centering - Code 88 Smooth Wheels
Bettendorf 50-Ton	Smooth Wheels	500 #500 Metal Fully Sprung - Smooth Wheels	502 #502 Metal Fully Sprung w/ Couplers - Smooth Wheels	550 #550 Metal Fully Sprung Self-Centering - Smooth Wheels	564 #564 HGC Self-Centering - Code 110 Smooth Wheels	1564 #1564 HGC Self-Centering - Code 88 Smooth Wheels
	Ribbed Wheels				565 #565 HGC Self-Centering - Code 110 Ribbed Wheels	1565 #1565 HGC Self-Centering - Code 88 Ribbed Wheels
Bettendorf AAR	Smooth Wheels				580 #580 HGC Self-Centering - Code 110 Smooth Wheels	1580 #1580 HGC Self-Centering - Code 88 Smooth Wheels	590 #590 HGC Self-Centering Electrical Pickup
Bettendorf T-Section	Ribbed Wheels	511 #511 Metal Fully Sprung - Ribbed Wheels	512 #512 Metal Fully Sprung w/ Couplers- Ribbed Wheels	554 #554 Metal Fully Sprung Self-Centering - Ribbed Wheels	572 #572 HGC Self-Centering - Code 110 Ribbed Wheels	1572 #1572 HGC Self-Centering - Code 88 Ribbed Wheels
	Caboose Trucks				581 #581 HGC Self-Centering Caboose - Code 110 Ribbed Wheels	1581 #1581 HGC Self-Centering Caboose - Code 88 Ribbed Wheels
National Type B-1	Smooth Wheels				568 #568 HGC Self-Centering - Code 110 Smooth Wheels	1568 #1568 HGC Self-Centering - Code 88 Smooth Wheels
	Ribbed Wheels				567 #567 HGC Self-Centering - Code 110 Ribbed Wheels	1567 #1567 HGC Self-Centering - Code 88 Ribbed Wheels
Pennsylvania 2D-F8	Ribbed Wheels	517 #517 Metal Fully Sprung - Ribbed Wheels		557 #557 Metal Fully Sprung Self-Centering - Ribbed Wheels
Vulcan Double Truss	Ribbed Wheels	515 #515 Metal Fully Sprung - Ribbed Wheels	516 #516 Metal Fully Sprung w/ Couplers - Ribbed Wheels	556 #556 Metal Fully Sprung Self-Centering - Ribbed Wheels	573 #573 HGC Self-Centering - Code 110 Smooth Wheels	1573 #1573 HGC Self-Centering - Code 88 Smooth Wheels