Is it possible to add traction tires on The Lionel City of Denver engine??
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Yes.
For Williams diesels without them, I just stretch two over a pair of drive wheels on the same axle, and touch the seam with a drop of regular / water thin CA. Capillary action carries the CA around the circumference of the tire & wheel.
The weak shear strength of CA makes it very easy to just break off the tires & clean the wheels later if you need to.
The Stewart/Calumet 2505 Super Traction Tires seem to work best for this.
Thanks!
25-30+ years ago operators used to wrap strips of masking tape around a pair of drive wheels to help the streamliners gain traction, and it worked. That gave me the idea of trying the tire over the wheel with the Williams diesels when they came out w/o the magnet assistance and before they started with the wheels machined for tires.
