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1:22.6, Gauge 3
X72
GWR 2-6-2T 45xx Small Prairie driving wheel.

4′ 7½″ diam., 14 oval spokes, rectangular inner rim, apparent tread 4″, tyre thickness 5¾″.
Hub central boss face dia. 14″, 1½″ out from the tyre, pin between at 12″.

Source: No 5553 measured direct at Loughborough in 1995.

Casting: 62.4 mm tread dia., 53.4 mm i/d., hub 1.7 mm out from the tyre, pin at 13.5 mm.

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Scan of casting X72

Cross section diagram of casting X72


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