Reply to "Williams traction tires"

Adriatic posted:

   I've not seen the offerings to know how easy it may or may not be, but I'd imagine the measurements to be quite close overall. So I'd measure the wheel as suggested. 

  A tire is stretched when on. It becomes thinner and skinnier and longer.  Your split tire measurements may be too short, too tall, or too fat in it's retracted state.

Thanks for the confirmation info . I found it hard to believe that Bachmann does not stock the tires . The  5300 model seems to be a common enough loco but has been dropped from current catalog . What The . . .