B&LE 93713

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Stephen DiSalvo	General	that train doesn't have much longer before wrecking!	8/6/2006 11:09:35 PM

BandA Fan	General	Ah, yes, leaky journals in friction bearing trucks and a sticking brake. Hope this was reported and the train stopped safely.	8/7/2006 6:31:11 PM

Zach Pumphery	General	Did you get photos of the crash? LOL!	8/10/2006 5:13:47 AM

BOB WICKES	General	Built June 1942? Why would it have any kind of problem?	8/15/2006 12:10:54 PM

Kenny Ravenscroft	General	That is a great picture though!	8/20/2006 10:26:00 PM

derek gatt	General	hot wheels!!!!!	2/14/2008 3:00:19 AM

ellis veech	General	Called that a hotbox when I was a kid. Signled to the crew by holding your nose like something smelled with one hand and pointing to the traqcks with the other.	8/24/2008 11:41:15 AM

Earl Karper, Sr.	General	Well, the notification sign as stated by Ellis, is correct, but the BOX that would be hot would be the square box holding the end of the axle. That fire is the oily debris on the outer edge of the tread, probably, as BandA Fan & Brian's title says, from a sticking break. So, while the wheel is getting hot enough to fail, it has a way to go until catastrophic failure. The oily build-up on the Wheel (inside of the tread) has not started burning yet.	8/24/2008 3:40:04 PM

B&LE 93713
Where there's brakeshoe smoke, there might be this, too.
Date: 10/16/1974	Location: Altoona, PA Map	Views: 2464	Collection Of: Mike Woodruff
Rolling Stock: PC 432578 (Open Hopper) BLE 93713 (Open Hopper)			Author: Mike Woodruff

Picture Categories: RollingStock		This picture is part of album: Conrail and Conrail predecessors in the Northeast

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