Re: Mudgee Tour

[David Burns <dpburns@veal.optushome.com.au>]

I thought this was an engineering enhancement on NSW trains only designed
to ensure that all passengers stay awake and never miss their stop...

:-)

Seriously though, do flat spots result in wheel bearing problems or even track wear???

dB

Paul Jones wrote:

> When the wheels lock up during breaking, or wear unevenly, flat spots occur.
> These can be noticed by sparks coming from the wheels during breaking, or by
> a loud <clunk><clunk><clunk><clunk> sound.
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> Paul Jones
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> "Tom" <gunzel3801@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> > And what are flat spots for those that do not know?
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> > > The up Murwillumbah XPT (about an hour late) and the down Armidale/Moree
> > > Xplorer almost put in a nice cross for a photo but alas they where about
> > > 400m out of synch.  Both trains had wheels with real bad flat spots,
> very
> > > noticeable in the valley of Mullet Creek.
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