QUOTE: Originally posted by daveklepper rrwitt: Does IRM have a wheel lath? Branford does. And it works and is used. Maybe IRM can work out a deal to drop the axle and wheels and have someone truck the set to East Haven Connecticut and use Branford's wheel lath (actually located in Branford, but the access is at East Haven at the Sprague building, "17 River Street"). Contact: webmaster@bera.org Ted Eickman is the Shop Forman
QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSF railfan. QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz Once somebody flattened all six axles of an SD40 at Butler. I was called to operate it light to Proviso for major repair. Speed restriction: 10mph (for 90 miles). [zzz][zzz][zzz] Ya you talk about 10mph....Holy crap. You should have seen some of the ex-CNW Trains on the Cowboy Line back then.....Oh my god! You talk about a bad line back then.
QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz Once somebody flattened all six axles of an SD40 at Butler. I was called to operate it light to Proviso for major repair. Speed restriction: 10mph (for 90 miles). [zzz][zzz][zzz]
QUOTE: Originally posted by adrianspeeder Do you get in trouble for flatspottin them? Adrianspeeder
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Randy Stahl Not a dumb question... Anything over one and a half inches is a federal defect, you can start talking speed restrictions. At 2 inches you'll be breaking rail. Randy
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