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Re: Richard Overton and worn nickeled tires.

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Subject: Re: Richard Overton and worn nickeled tires.
From: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 11:19:59 -0800
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Richard Overton, author of several highly regarded books on CB&Q history is generally considered among his professional and academic colleagues nationally to comfortably reside in the pantheon of the best of the best of railroad historians. If memory serves, he passed away about a year ago.

The wearing away of thin nickel plating on brass locomotive drivers is very common and is certainly to be expected with any reasonable use (the reason why most driver tires in more recent years have been solid nickel silver). Although there is no doubt that the uncovered bare brass will be less forgiving of track dirt, a silver lining is that the brass will certainly decrease any of the tendency to the slipping that plagues nickel plating (i.e. traction can distinctly increase!).

Denny
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Denny S. Anspach, MD
Sacramento, CA

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