sven nyc:
i used to work on railroad before and for wheels and axle on trains are one piece look like over size auto axle but they are pretty hevey piece of metel but all the locomotvie wheel are little diffrent set up they will have large steel disc then the "ring " go on to make the final machine work it is common pratice with the steam locomotive by heating large ring then drop on the wheel to cool off then machine it to proper shape and make it true circle myself i know pretty well about locos i rebuilt few of them engines ; traction motours ; electral area and few other items as need
p.s. scott 35 also a rail fan here he know quite a bit of loco's
merci marc
Pas de problme,il marche n'est-ce pas?"(No problem, it works doesn't it?)
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