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I purchased 2 sets of Trucks off EBay from same seller -Trucks were listed as MTH Rail King 3 Rail Bettendorf trucks

1st set I received had metal bodies, wheels and axels - screw attachment for connection to car

2nd set I received had metal wheels and axels but plastic body and plastic tab attachment for connection to car

Did MTH ever make plastic Rail King trucks ? Or were the 2nd set incorrectly listed for sale on EBay

the plastic ones I received are the similar to ones I am removing from Menards and Lionel cars that I am replacing with metal MTH trucks!

thank you for any info

Tom

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@tsheridan posted:

Here are some photos

the photo with 2 trucks is one of the trucks I received from eBay seller and one of the trucks I recently removed from a Lionel train car

thank you for your help

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If the bottom truck in the lower photo (hard to tell from the underside) looks identical to the one with the broken coupler than yes, those are both Lionel's MPC-era (1970's-early 1980's) Symington trucks. FYI, the missing parts on the 'old' truck can be replaced, the knuckle (with integrated spring) and pivot pin are both commonly available from Lionel parts dealers.

---PCJ

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