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I had a lot of Weaver stuff over the years and followed their line as much as I could.   I don't ever remember them doing an Archbar truck.    I don't ever remember seeing anything other than a bettendorf style truck.

I can't think of a weaver car that an ARchbar would have been used on commonly.

Athearn made/makes Bettendorf, Andrews, and Archbar trucks.   Currenly I think they are all made with Delrin style engineeing plastic with metal axles.    They mount at the same height with the same size screws as WEaver at least for 2 rail.    Prior to Delrin, Athearn made diecast trucks, but that is way back.    You would only find them at shows now in old collections.

Intermountain metal wheelsets are a drop in fit and create a fairly heavy truck.   In my opinion this is a much better truck than all diecast.    All the diecast trucks I have dealt with, older issues, have not rolled nearly as freely as delrin trucks.  

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