FOWLER MAN wrote:modelman093 wrote:Those large rear wheels must have meant some pretty serious reduction gearing - and would there have been a diff?
Hi Angus,
The short answer is I don't know.
Reduction gearing Yes.
I suppose there must have been a diff or the thing would have ploughed straight on in spite of where the front wheels wanted it to go.
Fred
So now showing my ignorance of matters steam - did traction engines, road locomotives and steam rollers have some form of diff or was there enough weight over the front to drag them round?