David: Thanks for the info Paul Vaughn ________________________________ From: David Engle <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 2:01 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Wheel Aizes I remember being told years ago that they had 7-inch wide treads.
Dave Engle --- On Sun, 7/7/13, Paul Vaughn <[email protected]> wrote: >From: Paul Vaughn <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Wheel Aizes >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Date: Sunday, July 7, 2013, 3:31 PM > > > >Hi Bill: that just supports my contension that Proto anything is a bunch of >hooy. Thanks for sharing the photo. Is there anyone close to the loco that >could measure the wheel width on the 2-10-0? I would like to know. > >Thanks >Paul Vaughn > >________________________________ >From: scale S only <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 12:44 PM >Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Wheel Aizes [1 Attachment] > > >[Attachment(s) from scale S only included below] >Hi Paul -- > >Don’t forget the regauged Russian 2-10-0s where the driver centers remained >at a 5’ gauge and wider tires were applied with the flange set inward to the >4’ 8-1/2” gauge of the US. This would mean that the tire width has to be at >least 1-3/4” wider than the “standard”. This caused trouble with the 2-10-0 >that traveled to the Illinois RR museum when it crossed a self guarding frog >and the wheels climbed up and over the raised part of the frog. The 2-10-0 >in Saint Louis (photo) was not measured, but you can see in the photo how far >beyond the railhead the drivers extend, as opposed to the tender and lead >truck wheels. > >Have fun! >Bill Winans >--------------------------------- >All: The real RRs use different wheel sizes. There is a 125 ton Shay in >Shelton, WA that has 7.5" wheel width as I measured them my self! > >That works to be a code 117 wheel width in S. So Proto that! > >Paul Vaughn > > >________________________________ >From: richgajnak <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 7:33 AM >Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Wheel standards > > >032.JPG
