I have an answer to the question regarding the rubber tires. As you look at the bottom of the engine from cab to rear, I am numbering the wheels from 1-12. In this case, on both the 2017 and 2016 versions, wheels 5 and 6 on the front truck and 11 and 12 on the rear truck have rubber tires. 3 and 4, 9 and 10 are those special kind of solid wheels used for.....tracking? Honestly folks I don't know what they are used for, it doesn't appear to be electrical pickup. But other than those four oddball wheels, the rest are the typical cupped metal wheels designed to imitate what we see on trains today.
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