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- Aug 3, 2012
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Otis, I remember the Cass #4 well. when I was 16, I took a ride on her, and managed to talk my way into a cab ride. She was my first ride on a hot steam locomotive. I'm an engineer for a tourist railroad here in Washington State, (Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad) and have done in years past a lot of tire turning at our machine shop. I'm curious as to why they removed the tire for turning instead of placing the whole axle in the wheel lathe. Or was that a different tire than the one shown being removed in the video? By the way, Love that wheel lathe!!!!!