QUOTE: The hotbox detector looks for hot bearings, the dragging equipment detector is a smash board that senses dragging equipment, usually brake rigging that is falling off....especially on the CN.
QUOTE: Originally posted by macguy No special equipment, the detector talks right over the radio.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 QUOTE: Originally posted by macguy No special equipment, the detector talks right over the radio. Yup, it will be on the regular road channel for that section of the railroad. It is handy to know where the detectors are along the line if you are out train watching. They can tell you when a train is coming even if the crew has nothing to say.
QUOTE: Inside the track gage are magnetic sensors (transducers) that sense the metal wheels passing into their fields.
QUOTE: As the wheels move between these 2 transducers, about 32 wheel samples are taken
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