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Replacing the traction tires
Maintaining and servicing your locomotive
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our locomotive is equipped with traction tires to increase the tractive effort of your locomotive and
allow it to pull more cars at once.
During the course of normal operations, the traction tires may become worn out. To replace the
traction tires, remove the side frame screws from the underside of the trucks and lift away the side
frame. See Figure 9. Remove the worn tire, then slip the replacement around the wheel. Reposition the
side frame on the truck and secure it with the two screws.
Side frame screws
Traction tires
Figure 9. Traction tire replacement