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Wheel Progress was made today at the WW&F...
« on: February 23, 2021, 06:39:25 PM »
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Re: Wheel Progress was made today at the WW&F...
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2021, 08:17:51 PM »
No WW&F stamp on them? Great to see these.
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Re: Wheel Progress was made today at the WW&F...
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2021, 08:30:27 PM »
Nice! Where did those come from?
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Re: Wheel Progress was made today at the WW&F...
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2021, 08:53:14 PM »
Nice! Where did those come from?
Here: https://www.mckeesrocksforgings.com/

I can't resist pointing out that while McKees Rocks Forgings is a "modern" company, on their website "Industries" [served] tab 'header' they feature  what is  clearly a "heritage" steam locomotive.  ;D

See: https://www.mckeesrocksforgings.com/industries
Or, here is a screenshot:

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Re: Wheel Progress was made today at the WW&F...
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2021, 09:06:21 PM »
I feel that the title of this post is inviting of some wheely good puns to go with those wheely good photos.
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Re: Wheel Progress was made today at the WW&F...
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2021, 09:08:35 PM »
Your post was wheely tiring Bill
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Re: Wheel Progress was made today at the WW&F...
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2021, 09:11:43 PM »
I can't resist pointing out that while McKees Rocks Forgings is a "modern" company, on their website "Industries" [served] 'header' tab they feature  what is  clearly a "heritage" steam locomotive.  ;D

The Walt Disney World Railroad is pretty modern when you think of it. The whole railroad has fully working block signaling and has handled 3 trains at the same time quite often.
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Re: Wheel Progress was made today at the WW&F...
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2021, 09:24:28 PM »
I feel that the title of this post is inviting of some wheely good puns to go with those wheely good photos.
I was originally about to post some of the lyrics of the:

"The wheels on the bus  train go round and round
 Round and round
 Round and round
 The wheels on the bus train go round and round
 All round the town ... ......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheels_on_the_Bus



but then I realized that all of the that was beneath me .... ...   ::)

... then Rick posted his question and I saw that I could instead  respond with a serious post and avoid all the puns.  :P
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« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2021, 11:29:30 PM »
I predict a dizzying array of pun-spinnery... !  :o :-*

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Re: Wheel Progress was made today at the WW&F...
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2021, 07:24:24 AM »
Sure Pete, Fire at wheel !

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Re: Wheel Progress was made today at the WW&F...
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2021, 09:00:28 AM »
Hey, where's the stem where you put air in it ?? :o
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Re: Wheel Progress was made today at the WW&F...
« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2021, 11:11:40 PM »
I kind of figured they were from Mckees Rocks but I wasn't sure. 
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Re: Wheel Progress was made today at the WW&F...
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2021, 11:26:35 AM »
Will they be doing the drivers for #11?

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« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2021, 10:05:16 PM »
Will they be doing the drivers for #11?
The driver centers would be cast so that would probably be something for one of the foundries that have been contributing to the project (or perhaps somebody different if the quote is right).

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Re: Wheel Progress was made today at the WW&F...
« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2021, 03:26:48 PM »
Photos taken today by Jason. Wheely impressive...
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