tyre colours

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nacledre
NER Y7 0-4-0T
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tyre colours

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On unlined black locos, should the tyres be left shiny or painted black?
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Bill Bedford
LNER A3 4-6-2
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Re: tyre colours

Post by Bill Bedford »

nacledre wrote:On unlined black locos, should the tyres be left shiny or painted black?
Painted black -- or general gunge. It was a lot of work cleaning the tyres, so except for special occasions it wasn't done.
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