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Freight car wheel bearings

Posted by Anonymous

on Mon, Aug 22 2005 1:03 AM

How long do freight car wheel bearings last? How can you tell if they are going bad (pounding sound)? If a railroad has to change bearings or wheel on a car belonging to another railroad, do they charge the other railroad and is there an agreed upon rate?

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Posted by csxengineer98

on Mon, Aug 22 2005 2:45 AM

i dont know off hand how long a wheel bearing will last in service befor it needs replaces...but if you are hearing a pounding sound when a train car is going by you..its not a wheel bearing..its a flatspot on the steel wheel itself...
csx engineer

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