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