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- From: delbert.big@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Delbert Big)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: Oil Bearings (was Re:
- Message-ID: <820.134.uupcb@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 09:04:00 GMT
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- Organization: HAL 9000, W-NET HQ, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Reply-To: delbert.big@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Delbert Big)
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- In a recent post, rad@railnet.nshore.ORG (Rick DeMattia) typed;
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- RD>To the best of my knowledge non-roller bearing axles are banned
- RD>from interchange service by all United States railroads. Ten
- RD>years ago when I was working more closely with rolling stock the
- RD>ban had been in effect for some time.
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- Well when I was involved with the KCS in 1986, I remember seeing
- several older tank cars with friction bearings. We had a hot
- box show up on the old Fort Crowder coach track at Neosho, MO.
- The car men asked me if I wanted to come and see how they replaced
- wheels and bearings the *old way*.
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