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Posted by Broadway Lion on Sun Oct 12 08:11:03 2008, in response to Re: Technical Discussion About Axle Journal Bearings, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 11 22:32:44 2008. It ought to be simple enough to create a hotbox detector that can read inboard bearings. Just put them between the rails instead of outside of the rails.Are there any hotbox detectors on NYCT? on LIRR? LION dint tink so, bu that does a Lion know anyway. Out here, yeah you need them, what with 100 car freight trains running 200 miles between crew points, and maybe only minimal inspection there at that. LION has (in the past) watch the crews change without even stopping the train. Now that is a sick bird, and the train must be stopped for crew to even touch the ladders. Hot box inspection not do much good in terminals: bearings are cooled off by the time the car knockers get to look at them. Yes it would seem that outside bearings easier to inspect, but on small rrs like LIRR putting pits at eastern terminals is no big deal. On NYCT it is even easier on most routes. Just stick an inspector under the Manhattan Bridge, and watch the trains go bye. ROARING |
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