Diagrams Index . Home
1:22.6, Gauge 3
X72
GWR 2-6-2T 45xx Small Prairie driving wheel.

4′ 7½″ diam., 14 oval spokes, rectangular inner rim, apparent tread 4″, tyre thickness 5¾″.
Hub central boss face dia. 14″, 1½″ out from the tyre, pin between at 12″.

Source: No 5553 measured direct at Loughborough in 1995.

Casting: 62.4 mm tread dia., 53.4 mm i/d., hub 1.7 mm out from the tyre, pin at 13.5 mm.

Casting prices and stock . GWR loco sets, price list

Scan of a casting in a set for GWR 2-6-2T 45xx

Suitable for the Gauge 3 Society 2010 minimum tyre width of 6.8 mm, or the earlier standard of 8.0 mm.

Scan of casting X72

Cross section diagram of casting X72


Validated as HTML5

27 Mar 2013