Re: Question for Howard
Author: Cprr
Date: 03-04-2017 - 20:12

JR Wrote:
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> I always thought it was because it's easier to see
> when/ if cracks form...
>
> >
> > Yup.
> >
> > Reminds me of what a UP Mechanical Department
> guy
> > told me after they stopped painting locomotive
> and
> > freight car trucks silver. "Nobody gives a
> rat's
> > ass except the train buffs."

To see cracks in drive wheels is why the Europeans paint theirs red....



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