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- From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: Re: Oil Bearings (was Re: Grand Canyon Railway)
- Message-ID: <38119@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 21:36:15 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.223512.12593@mel.dit.csiro.au> <BwV6VB2w165w@railnet.nshore.ORG>
- Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- In article <BwV6VB2w165w@railnet.nshore.ORG> rad@railnet.nshore.ORG (Rick DeMattia) writes:
- > ajw@squid.mel.dit.CSIRO.AU (Andrew Waugh) writes:
- >
- > > I would not be surprised if railroads limit (or even prohibit) the
- > > use of equipment equipped with oil bearings...
- >
- > To the best of my knowledge non-roller bearing axles are banned
- > from interchange service by all United States railroads. Ten
- > years ago when I was working more closely with rolling stock the
- > ban had been in effect for some time.
-
- There are also roller bearing kits that fit in the old friction
- journal boxes, perhaps with some box/axle modification. These
- are usually seen as boxes with the lids removed although to
- maintain appearance, you could probably keep the lids on...
-
- I guess these became popular around the time when the last journal
- bearings were going out of service, previously you saw mostly new
- build roller bearing trucks or standard journals.
-
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