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The concerning concept is that dragging an axle is going to cause a significant additional load on the engine given it was not on a slope (no load shift) that s
by downvotetruth 4y ago
The concerning concept is that dragging an axle is going to cause a significant additional load on the engine given it was not on a slope (no load shift) that should have made the engineer to stop and ask what is being dragged regardless of other technical aids rather than "let's try to drag it for a few more miles and see if it gets knocked loose to make rate".
- lstodd 4y agoA single axle in a train of several hundred, over continuously changing slope, rail and weather conditions? It most certainly won't be detected until it derails.