04-13-2011, 05:46 AM
Ive been doing some welding and grinding at work recently and all I can say is that there must have been a hell of a lot of heat generated as those wheels dug in.
Those rails and the loco wheels must have been glowing bright yellow red from the heat. In fact the close up view of the rail looks like the scab formed over a weld [but smoother] during welding.
I wouldnt mind betting that the heat transfer stuffed everything on the trucks, traction motors, springs, wheels, axles, so that it would be safer to just write off both the truck units.
Examining the first photo again I would say that the direction of travel was right to left.
Mark
Those rails and the loco wheels must have been glowing bright yellow red from the heat. In fact the close up view of the rail looks like the scab formed over a weld [but smoother] during welding.
I wouldnt mind betting that the heat transfer stuffed everything on the trucks, traction motors, springs, wheels, axles, so that it would be safer to just write off both the truck units.
Examining the first photo again I would say that the direction of travel was right to left.
Mark
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