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Changing a Tire - 21st century methodology, sort of!

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Posted by TomDiehl on Friday, June 4, 2010 4:37 PM

Steamtown NHS has had the same thing on their website for a couple years now.

http://www.nps.gov/stea/photosmultimedia/upload/changing_a_tire.pdf

Any source preserving and making this information available is good for the historic preservation movement.

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Posted by locoi1sa on Thursday, June 3, 2010 5:37 PM

 Not so fast. I still heat to expand ring gears on diesel flywheels and other parts. Also dry ice or liquid nitrogen to shrink parts to fit. The secret is to know when to stop heating before the parts are ruined or seizes before it seats. An old timer taught me that when your spit sizzles and evaporates in a blink then its hot enough. If no sizzle then its too hot. Turning it blue will draw the temper out. Bearings and gears get heated in our oven. If its too big for the oven I use a rosebud torch or weed burner.

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 2:02 PM

Until recently, BRC still used tires on its diesels, not sure if they still do so.

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Changing a Tire - 21st century methodology, sort of!
Posted by Ottercove on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 12:40 PM

This used to go on countless times a day all around the country. Without much thought to how, the denizens of roundhouses changed tires as a matter of routine. Now it's not so routine and the skills and knowledge are fading.

See how the crew at Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad "re-shoed" West Fork Lumber #91.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=326704

There's a link in the caption to more photos of the work done that day.

Steve Carter My photography: http://www.pbase.com/ottercove

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