We know about hot kinks and hot boxes but can extreme cold make track and wheels more brittle? I would also assume that curve grease would be more sluggash as well
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Leo_Ames wrote:Is that still an issue with modern bearings in extreme cold?Don't think so. I've never had a problem starting our Polar trains, no matter how cold.
tree68 wrote:Let me see, I never had air problems of this nature with a few passenger cars either. Try doing a 100 plus freight train with below zero weather and it is a total different story. I have been there and done it.Leo_Ames wrote:Is that still an issue with modern bearings in extreme cold?Don't think so. I've never had a problem starting our Polar trains, no matter how cold.
Noel Weaver wrote:Not gonna disagree - can only go with my own experience.tree68 wrote:Let me see, I never had air problems of this nature with a few passenger cars either. Try doing a 100 plus freight train with below zero weather and it is a total different story. I have been there and done it.
Noel Weaver
lvrr325 wrote:Trains have to be shorter; the extreme cold makes it hard to get enough air through a long train to fully release the brakes.Someone needs to tell CSX that ...