On the subject of Traction Tires. I was curious so I looked under two of my new locomotives and discovered that even though I was given two or three replacement traction tires in the box, I discovered that they were in addition tires. None of the wheels on either truck where gears move the wheel have traction tires installed. I also noticed that the ES44AC I bought from MTH has a different type of gear driven wheel in the middle. On each set of trucks, the front wheels and back wheels are modeled after the wheels you see on a real engine. But the middle wheels look more like, thick metal sword sharpening or grinding wheels. Is this the magnatraction I've been reading about?
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