Cool shot! It's neat to see they're still using Solid Bearing (aka Friction Bearing) trucks on those Bottle Cars, is there a reason why they haven't converted them to Roller Bearing?
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| Posted by Tom Ketcham on March 16, 2007 | |
The roller bearing needs lubricant i.e. oil/grease niether of which would stand up to what must be extremne heat for prolong periods of time loading and unloading that ol pig iron. This is my old stomping grounds and it was just this winter I was thinking about these trains as in my day this was the Pennsy with thier port hole cabooses. In the dark the bottle cars give off a red glow from the top port. Imagine a derailment scary at best.
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