Re: EBT Passenger Trucks & LO&S Car

Bill Dennehy Wrote:
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> Linn,
> You talk about having to rework the journal boxes.
> Do you think this was a design flaw in the
> original trucks, sloppy work by the original
> manufacturer, or just that no one ever thought
> that these puppies would still be running 125
> years later.

I believe the issue was that the original boxes are worn out, with holes having been "worked" larger and off center from decades of use. The contractor who built the new box fabrications copied the original boxes exactly, in their worn out state, rather than what their like-new state would have been. So, they are brand-new worn-out journal boxes.

Christopher D. Coleman

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