Lionel Legacy Reading T-1 driving wheels question

Ted Sowirka posted:

Reading fans and steam fans!  I have a question about the driving wheels on Lionel's new Legacy Reading T-1.

It was posted here that Lionel reused the trailing truck and kinematic drawbar from their excellent Milwaukee S-3 4-8-4.  So can someone please tell me:

(1) Are the driving wheels also taken from the Milwaukee S-3

Entirely possible that the entire running gear chassis was "taken" from the Milwaukee Road S-3 model. 

(2) What is the diameter of the T-1's driving wheels in actual inches?  (Would someone that has one please measure?)

The real Reading T-1 steam locomotives had 70 inch drive wheels. The real Milwaukee Road S-3 locomotives had 74 inch drive wheels.

Thanks fellas!

Thanks Jack, but I'm not sure my original question was answered.  I would like to know the measured diameter of the wheels on Lionel's model.  Also, whether the owners feel that the wheel pattern (holes, ovals, etc.) is true to the prototype.  Grateful to anyone who's willing to measure & post here.

My measurements of the drivers on the two engines come out close but distinctly different.

The T1 measurements were 1.4955 +/- .0015 or between 71.7" and 71.9" full scale.

The S3 measurements were 1.534 +/- .0015 or between 73.6" and 73.7" full scale.

At full scale both numbers are rounded off to three significant figures based on measurement repeatability.