When the wheels are painted, the tires chip from frogs and turnouts. A much better solution is to chemically blacken them. I recently purchased a MTH Niagara with PS3, the drivers and especially the tires are "chrome", and are very distracting and also unprototypical. I have the original release of the MTH Niagara and the wheels were chemically blackened and they look much better. A friend has a NKP Berkshire with PS3, the latest release and the wheels are black. The engine looks much better. For years, some importers have brought in locomotives that are painted and with very good paint jobs, but with pilot wheels that are bright/chrome. Although it is a simple matter to paint these, I always wondered why an importer would offer these when the engine was painted.
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