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sjh7

August 04, 2008 07:36AM

Registered: 16 years ago
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I noticed the RGS painted the tires white of a number of their newly-painted locomotives. Did the railfans do this, for photo shoots, or did the shops do it for some other reason?

I always thought this was a somewhat unique aspect of RGS paint schemes.

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White trimmed driver tires - cosmetic or valid reason?	Kevin S.	August 01, 2008 10:24AM
Re: White trimmed driver tires - cosmetic or valid reason?	Chile John	August 01, 2008 10:37AM
Re: White trimmed driver tires - cosmetic or valid reason?	stuart olson	August 01, 2008 11:36AM
Re: White trimmed driver tires - cosmetic or valid reason?	Ed Stabler	August 01, 2008 11:44AM
Re: White trimmed driver tires - cosmetic or valid reason?	Rich Muth	August 01, 2008 12:40PM
Re: White Stars & Dots - NNG	Russo Loco	August 03, 2008 11:40PM
Re: White Stars & Dots - NNG	sjh7	August 04, 2008 07:36AM
Re: White Stars & Dots - NNG	Earl	August 04, 2008 10:16AM
Re: White Stars & Dots - NNG	BillD	August 04, 2008 01:54PM
Re: White trimmed driver tires - cosmetic or valid reason?	John Bush	August 01, 2008 11:47AM
Re: White trimmed driver tires - cosmetic or valid reason?	little stanley	August 01, 2008 12:29PM
Re: White trimmed driver tires - cosmetic or valid reason?	Etrump	August 01, 2008 04:16PM
Re: White trimmed driver tires - cosmetic or valid reason?	jd johnson	August 06, 2008 10:23AM

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