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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Jan 6 11:01:30 2005, in response to Re: Calculation, posted by Dan Lawrence on Thu Jan 6 10:43:54 2005. I have a buddy who used to post on subtalk a while ago and we've discussed the phenomenon. And that the rails are getting the chit beaten out of them would be no surprise. The BIG problem though as I heard when the cars were new was that in addition to "wobbly wheels" they also had "automatic slack adjusters" which would see the radius change and then bring the shoes in to compensate for it. Of course, once the train was out of the curve, the brakes were now "snow brakes." Heh.I'm sure something's been done about it now, but I've also enjoyed videos of the 142's as they waddle like ducks in and out of stations. Great concept, bad idea. :) |
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