https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh9g5rftUMg
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That 4904 is not much help. The wheel slip system is obviously not working. Did CN put PTC on those units in place of the GM controls?
The only GTW units I've ever been on are the 5900 series SD40-2's, so I can't say for sure.
I have seen a variety of units acting in this manner, though not nearly as badly as in that video.
I suspect that in addition to problems with the wheel slip control - there is probably a lack of sand on that 2nd unit.
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BaltACDI suspect that in addition to problems with the wheel slip control
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Poor Mr. Bear, just trying to be friendly.
By the way, is bear meat good to eat? Don't tell me it tastes like chicken.
It's very greasy. Very strong, slimy pork would be a better description. But I've only had the opportunity to try it twice and did not care for it either time, so I may not be the best source. Bears are also full of parasites from eating anything they find on the ground, and that put me off even before I tried the (thoroughly cooked) meat.
But I think that pretty much any meat will taste good if you grind it up and make it into garlic sausage.
A old frontier book of mine contains a story about a greenhorn who was tricked into eating coyote meat by one of the old heads.
The same book contained a tale from a different old trapper who claimed that lynx meat is a delicacy, as long as you cook it properly.
Back on wheelslip - we have a real problem with slick rails, especially in the fall with leaves on the track and the grades we deal with. You might as well grease the top of the rails.
It's always a good idea to run with your window open - generally you can hear an axle take off. Most of the time the wheel slip detection will work, but not always. If an axle runs away, you can do significant damage to a traction motor.
Liberal sand, and sometimes a 10 pound set on the independent...
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And if, perchance, a unit 'runs away' while the train is stopped -
BaltACDAnd if, perchance, a unit 'runs away' while the train is stopped -
There's a spot like that on Big Moose Hill, albeit not as deep. More like a rumble strip. The hill, five miles of 1.1 percent, was always a challenge to the railroad.
Funny photo, but the rail in BaltACD's photo looks like CWR, so it would have been a real pain to cut out a section and use 2 welds to reweld each side. Unless they just used bolted joints . . .
- PDN.
Paul_D_North_JrFunny photo, but the rail in BaltACD's photo looks like CWR, so it would have been a real pain to cut out a section and use 2 welds to reweld each side. Unless they just used bolted joints . . . - PDN.
If the defects were discovered at 0 dark 30 in the middle of a 4 day holiday, MofW 'may' bolt in a replacement segment of rail and issue a slow order. The PERMANENT repair is to replace and weld in the new segment of rail.
With there being that number of defects and the total length from the first to the last, I doubt that any temporary repair would be attempted - where do you get 50-70 feet of rail from and get it on site - both MofW and Operations will be involved in the logistics of getting the rail and getting it in place.
My only experience with a bear was on a trip on the BC Rail's Caribou enroute to Prince George. I was permitted to ride shotgun in the RDC's "firemans" seat on the stretch north of Quesnel BC. The engineer was the senior man on the board and he recieved the train over an hour late. He knew his route and did not believe there would be any testers lurking in the weeds. We were doing significantly above the speed limit for passenger trains in the ETT but who was I to ask him? Also, we entered one curve with speed boards that were marked F-30, P-40. He slowed to about 55mph. Car felt like some one had a large sledge hamer and was hitting the side of the truck. We exited the curve faster than we entered. We came upon a black bear loping along the ROW. And we were quickly gaining on him. I did not say anything but wondered whether he was big enough to initiate a derailment but then thought nah, it would just be messy. Just before we got to it, it cleared the track and dove to the left. Engineer never changed speed. He made up almost forty minutes on his division.
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