USAF TSgt C-17 Aircraft Maintenance Flying Crew Chief & Flightline Avionics Craftsman
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
QUOTE: Originally posted by O.S. MP: Yes, the water is coolant for the diesel engine. It has a corrosion inhibitor added, but no antifreeze, for reasons I've seen elaborated in numerous threads. The engine has self-protection built in and it tripped the low-water sensor. It would drop its load and go to idle, which makes it for all practical purposes a millstone. The crew is supposed to check water levels before they leave the terminal. Either they didn't, or the unit was borderline and the yard kicked them out the door anyway because it wanted the track for something else immediately, or the cooling system has a big leak. In the first two cases, someone will get a the equivalent of a size 12 boot in the rear in the next morning's division conference call for tying up the main line. OS
QUOTE: Originally posted by ValleyX Yeah, you can usually find those leaks pretty easily when the walkways are dyed purple or green.[:D]
QUOTE: Originally posted by O.S. Wabash, has it ever occured to you that every railroad in the U.S. of A. isn't just like yours? Or that you win more flies with honey than by saying someone else is "wrong about all of it"? That attitude wouldn't get you far in my employ. OS
QUOTE: Originally posted by O.S. Wabash, has it ever occurred to you that every railroad in the U.S. of A. isn't just like yours? And that what you're responsible for doing at your railroad doesn't hold true for every railroad everywhere? Every locomotive I turned wrenches on would usually drop to idle for hot engine long before the governor shut the engine down for low cooling water pressure or for differential pressure across the water pump being less than air-box pressure. The newest thing I've worked on was an SD40-2. Do newer locomotives always go straight to shutdown for low water? OS
QUOTE: Originally posted by O.S. Every engineer here is responsible for inspecting the power at the beginning of his tour of duty. A train delay caused by low water is going to be charged to someone in either mechanical or transportation. Someone on the morning conference call --trainmaster, yardmaster, RFE, mechanical -- is going to be made to squirm. I'll eat crow on the low water/hot engine trip. Shows what happens when you get away from the trenches. It's been 14 years since I came home every night (or morning!) with locomotive dirt embedded under the nails. I dug the manuals for everything out of the closet, and yes, I remembered completely wrong. And the more I thought about it, the low water will trip usually trip on the water pump before hot engine occurs, because the water pump will start sucking air intermittently. But, if you need anything looked up on a SD39 or a GP9 or a 567B, I can oblige! OS
QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSFGP38 Before I roll it over I check the main lube oil, water level and fuel. Once it rolls and is warming and pumping I walk around and check the brake shoes,brake cyinder travel,blower boots,couplers and a few other things.....then load test it. The 92 day and other inspections are up to the railroad. Since the owner is also the chief mechanic,marketing department,superentendet etc....... its easy to find out when this stuff was inspected.[}:)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98 also eveything that you discribed is things that have to be checked when making a calander day inspection....and if the calander day inspection card is already fulled out for that days calander day inspection...no additional inspection is requried untill the next calander day inspection is due....so... if the locomotive is sitting at a ready track...and mechanical personel filled out the calander day inspection card...all i am required to do is get on and go...i DO NOT have to do an inspection!!!!! when the calander day inspection card is filled out for that day..that is meaning that no FRA defects have been found..and no other issues are know at that time....and someone else as done the inspection...thus releiving me of the responsiblity of doing an inspection!!!!!! csx engineer
QUOTE: Before I roll it over I check the main lube oil, water level and fuel. Once it rolls and is warming and pumping I walk around and check the brake shoes,brake cyinder travel,blower boots,couplers and a few other things.....then load test it .
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