Re: Loco cab safety

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@nospam.bhp.com.au>]

Maurie Daly <mauried@commslab.gov.au> wrote in message
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> For what its worth, just recently since the hot weather has started, there
> seems to be a marked increase in the failure rate of the 2nd unit on NR
trains
> between Goulburn & Harden, usually on the 1:40 grades near Bowning or
Jerrawa.
> What seemed odd was that it was always usually the no 2 unit , not the
leading
> one.
> Just about all NR trains on this corridor have 2 NRs or more.
> Is there any obvious reason why its more likely that a 2nd unit will fail
in
> preferance to the lead unit?
>
> MD
>
It could be due to the radiators or air intakes on the second unit getting
hot air exhausted from the front unit. 81s had a similar sort of problem in
single line tunnels, they moved the air intakes from the angled part of the
roof to the side of the body.
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Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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