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Re: April 1st sometime in the world ... ? (Re: New Trains)
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Date: 
Fri, 31 Mar 2000 15:19:02 GMT
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lar@voyager.net> writes:

I'm thinking 4460 uses steel rimmed (powered) and 4450 uses plastic rimmed
(unpowered) with the motor unit in the tender. That looks like a glint of
steel on the tender wheels.

It _is_ a bit strange that the red 4460 has metal rims on all the
wheels, though.  Surely, only two pairs are powered.

On the other hand, mixing metal and non-metal rims on one engine would
probably look daft.

Fredrik



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  Re: April 1st sometime in the world ... ? (Re: New Trains)
 
(...) ?? <set:4551> ++Lar (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)  

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(...) I'm thinking 4460 uses steel rimmed (powered) and 4450 uses plastic rimmed (unpowered) with the motor unit in the tender. That looks like a glint of steel on the tender wheels. That's good news because it means we get a new size wheel for (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) ! 

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