Re: UP E units
Author: HUTCH 7.62
Date: 08-25-2019 - 17:44
Hot Water Wrote:
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> Rasputin Wrote:
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> > I believe the UP E's need new wheels due to
> thin
> > flanges.
>
> False news from the management at Cheyenne. If
> anything, they have worn treads, which would
> eventually lead to high flanges and thin wheel
> rims.
>
> They have an odd size wheel which is not
> > made anymore.
>
> Not quit true, if you know where to look.
>
> I seem to recall someone in a Museum
> > was trying to put together an big enough order
> for
> > that sized wheel so a batch could be made.
>
> That was Ed Ellis, in order to re-wheel any number
> of his E Units. The UP elected NOT to purchase any
> of those 36" diameter wheels.
>
> I have
> > not heard of any progress.
> > Rasputin
>
> Maybe you haven't been listening in all the right
> places.
So tell us...... herr furor.
Still think we pitch in and should send you to Russia for a vacation to go run steam engines.