This video was made in the workshop of SDR Engineering in Buckfastleigh. It shows new tyres being put on to the wheels of 34072 by heating them to 375 degC and the wheel being slid inside the tyre. As it cools and contract the tyre becomes very firmly attached to the wheel. Thanks to the team at SDR for their excellent work, without which a lot of steam locos would be going no-where.
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