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B31
GER tender wheel.

4′ 1″ diam., 10 oval spokes, inner rim has a low hump shape, apparent tread 5½″, tyre width 5½″.
or 4′ 0″ diam., with an apparent tread of 5″.
Hub 10½″ dia., face level with the tyre.

Source: tender with the preserved Y14/J15 at Weybourne measured direct in September 1994.

Casting: 28.6 mm tread dia., 22.1 mm i/d., hub level with the tyre.

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Scan of a casting in a set for a GER/LNER B12/3 4-6-0, GER/LNER J15 0-6-0

Scan of casting B31

Cross section diagram of Casting B31
This example shows a tyre width of 3.5 mm for Gauge 0 Fine.
For Scale7 remove more metal from the back of the wheel to give a tyre thickness of 3.2 mm instead of 3.5 mm.


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