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On a train, a hot box is a failure of a bearing on an axle, resulting in heat, often smoke, and sometimes fire. If it's not caught in time, it ends up with the
by AnimalMuppet 3y ago
On a train, a hot box is a failure of a bearing on an axle, resulting in heat, often smoke, and sometimes fire. If it's not caught in time, it ends up with the axle failing from the heat, resulting in a train derailment. It's a "stop this train sooner than immediately" kind of problem.
It's not the kind of thing that people do to a train.
- dumbo-octopus 3y agoOh, hot boxing is smoking weed in a vehicle or room with the windows closed. I could see how the rest of my comment would sound a bit tangential without that context.
- luxuryballs 3y agoOh wow I had no idea that was a real train term! What about clam baking a train?
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoSo far as I know, clam baking has no, non-weed-related meaning for trains.