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P273
GWR 2-8-0 28xx driving wheel.

(Later series built 1938-1942 with larger hubs and the spoke gaps filled in each side of the pin.)

4′ 7½″ diam., 14 oval spokes, rectangular inner rim, apparent tread 4¼″.
Hub central boss face dia. 18″, 1½″ out from the tyre, pin in line at 15″.

Source: No 2818 measured direct at NRM in 2001 and published photographs.

Casting: 44.1 mm tread dia., 37.4 mm i/d., hub 1.2 mm out from the tyre, pin at 11.9 mm.

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Scan of a casting in a set for a GWR 2-8-0 28xx

Scan of casting P273

Cross section diagram of casting P273


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