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Maintaining and servicing your locomotive
Replacing the traction tires
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our locomotive is equipped with four traction tires. These rubber tires increase the tractive
effort of your locomotive, allowing it to pull more cars at once. During the course of
normal operations, the traction tires may become worn out. Because you must remove the
trucks and the side frames to access the wheels, we recommend that you have the traction tires
replaced by your authorized Lionel Service Center.
